Electronic mail and internal communication: A three-factor model

Corporate Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-92

  Hewitt, Paul ^a,b  

^a Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Public Relations (AMIPR)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate communications; Electronic mail; Non profit organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644537118     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280610643570     Document Type: Article

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