Using electronic surveys in organizational/employee communication research: A study at GE's Global Research Center

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-262

  Downing, Joe R ^a   Clark, Russell S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Business communication; Confidential communications; Email messages; Methodology; Response rates; World wide web

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS; CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTRONIC SURVEY; EMAIL MESSAGES; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ELECTRICS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANISATIONAL; RESEARCH CENTER; RESPONSE RATE;

SURVEYS;

EID: 65449139209     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.902826     Document Type: Article

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