Selection of communication technologies-A perspective based on information richness theory and trust

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-153

  Lo, Shao Kang ^a   Lie, Ting ^b  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Information richness; Task equivocality; Trust

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION THEORY; INNOVATION;

REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNICATION TOOLS; TASK EQUIVOCALITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38749124420     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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