Dissent, protest and transformative action: An exploratory study of staff reactions to electronic monitoring and control of e-mail systems in one company based in Ireland

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Duane, Aidan ^a   Finnegan, Patrick ^b  

^a South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Control; Electronic mail; Electronic monitoring; Information technology

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IRELAND; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

E-MAIL SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MONITORING; MULTIPLE TIME FRAMES;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 34147121673     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2007010101     Document Type: Article

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