Simultaneity, sequentiality, and speed: Organizational messages about multiple-task completion

Human Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-47

  Stephens, Keri K ^a   Cho, Jaehee K ^b   Ballard, Dawna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 83255170665     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2011.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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