A learning process in email use - A longitudinal case study of the interaction between organization and technology

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-145

  Van Den Hooff, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

DATASETS; LEARNING PROCESS;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 27844441660     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290512331321893     Document Type: Article

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