The impact of a threatening e-mail reprimand on the recipient's blood pressure

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Taylor, Howard ^a   Fieldman, George ^a   Lahlou, Saadi ^b  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratory of Design for Cognition   (France)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Communication technologies; Electronic mail; Occupational health and safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644377222     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940510571630     Document Type: Article

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