Intentional and unintentional consequences of substituting face-to-face interaction with e-mail: An employee-based perspective

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-31

  O'Kane, Paula ^a   Hargie, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMC; Communication; E mail; Face to face; Media choice; Technology

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SECURITY OF DATA; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); FACE TO FACE INTERACTION (F2F); MEDIA CHOICE;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 33846098333     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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