Exploring Affordances of Email for Team Learning Over Time

Small Group Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 243-278

  Erhardt, Niclas ^a   Gibbs, Jennifer ^b   Martin Rios, Carlos ^c   Sherblom, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

affordances; email; knowledge work; team learning; time

Indexed keywords

E-MAIL; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; PERCEPTION; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84966600906     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496416635823     Document Type: Article

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