Bullying on the net: Adverse behavior on e-mail and its impact

Information and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 361-371

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse behavior; Bullying; Computer mediated communication; E mail; Information systems

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGERS; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ADVERSE BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 10644246103     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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