The effect of e-mail on attitudes towards performance feedback

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-21

  Kurtzberg, Terri R ^a   Belkin, Liuba Y ^b   Naquin, Charles E ^c  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Electronic mail; Feedback; Information media

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249133649     PISSN: 19348835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10553180610739722     Document Type: Article

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