Communication media repertoires: Dealing with the multiplicity of media choices

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-293

  Watson Manheim, Mary Beth ^a   Bélanger, France ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication media choice; Communication media repertoire; Computer mediated communication; Distributed work teams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA CHOICE; COMMUNICATION MEDIA REPERTOIRE; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED WORK TEAMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249332098     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148791     Document Type: Article

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