To be or not to be trusted: The influence of media richness on defection and deception

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-122

  Rockmann, Kevin W ^a   Northcraft, Gregory B ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperation; Deception; Media richness; Social dilemma; Trust; Virtual team

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849120575     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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