Email overload at work: An analysis of factors associated with email strain

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 431-440

  Dabbish, Laura A ^a   Kraut, Robert E ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Coordination; E mail; Electronic mail; Email; Overload; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; STRAIN; STRESSES;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 34547233106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1180875.1180941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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