Communication-related organizational structures and work group temporal experiences: The effects of coordination method, technology type, and feedback cycle on members' construals and enactments of time

Communication Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-27

  Ballard, Dawna I ^a   Seibold, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronemics; Communication; Coordination; Feedback; Organizations; Technology; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242671560     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520410001691474     Document Type: Article

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