The cost of email interruption

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-92

  Jackson, Thomas ^a   Dawson, Ray ^a   Wilson, Darren ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Danwood Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Email; Email usage; Increase employee productivity; Interruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089683     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13287260180000760     Document Type: Review

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