The effect of communication frequency and channel richness on the convergence between chief executive and chief information officers

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-252

  Johnson, Alice M ^a   Lederer, Albert L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO CIO communication; Channel richness; Communication frequency; Managerial communication; Media richness; Strategic grid

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CHANNEL RICHNESS; COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY; MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION; MEDIA RICHNESS; STRATEGIC GRID;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 28844448911     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2005.11045842     Document Type: Article

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