The development of a construct for measuring an individual's perceptions of email as a medium for electronic communication in organizations

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-143

  Pendharkar, Parag C ^a   Young, Karl ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Unisys   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication (CMC); Electronic meeting systems (EMS); Media Richness Theory (MRT)

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERNET; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MEETING SYSTEMS; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 3042544999     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2004.828211     Document Type: Article

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