The experience of time at work: Relationship to communication load, job satisfaction, and interdepartmental communication

Communication Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-340

  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; Communication load; Job satisfaction; Temporality; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247874248     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970600845974     Document Type: Article

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