An empirical evaluation of organizational media use in Singapore

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-

  Chidambaram, Laku ^a   Lim, John ^b   Chan, Hock Chuan ^b   Han, Kyung Il ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Media choice theory; Media richness; Organizational communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053126215     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2001.10856294     Document Type: Article

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