Emailing the boss: Cultural implications of media choice

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Lee, Elizabeth ^a   Lee, Younghwa ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cross cultural IT acceptance; Email usage; Rational model of media choice; Social Influence Theory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC MAIL;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL IT ACCEPTANCE; CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS; EMAIL USAGE; FIELD STUDIES; MEDIA CHOICE; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY; RATIONAL MODEL OF MEDIUM CHOICE; RATIONAL MODELS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE THEORY;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 62349098955     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2008.2012281     Document Type: Article

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