Coping with information overload in email communication: Evaluation of a training intervention

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1458-1466

  Soucek, Roman ^a   Moser, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Email communication; Evaluation study; Information overload; Training intervention

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION QUALITY; EMAIL COMMUNICATION; EVALUATION DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; INFORMATION OVERLOAD; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; MEDIA USAGE; TRAINING INTERVENTION;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956268735     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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