Untangling a Web of Lies: Exploring Automated Detection of Deception in Computer-Mediated Communication

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 511-541

  Ludwig, Stephan ^a   van Laer, Tom ^b   de Ruyter, Ko ^b   Friedman, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; MANAGERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED DETECTION; BUSINESS PARTNERS; CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; COMPLIANCE MONITORING; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; MESSAGE DEVELOPMENT; MULTILEVEL REGRESSION MODELING; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 84990902046     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: 1557928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2016.1205927     Document Type: Article

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