Do shy people prefer to send e-mail? Personality effects on communication media preferences in threatening and nonthreatening situations

Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 231-243

  Hertel, Guido ^a   Schroer, Joachim ^b   Batinic, Bernad ^c   Naumann, Sonja ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Media preferences; Media richness model; Neuroticism; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249112808     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335.39.4.231     Document Type: Article

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