Information Adequacy, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Culture in a Dispersed-Network Organization

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-54

  Rosenfeld, Lawrence B ^a,d   Richman, Jack M ^b   May, Steven K ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b School of Social Work   (United States)

^c Department of Communication Studies ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersed Network; Information Adequacy; Job Satisfaction; Organizational Culture; Work Environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142828659     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0090988042000178112     Document Type: Article

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