Personal nature and ambiguity as sources of message equivocality: An extension of media richness theory

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages 34-40

  Webster, J ^a   Trevino, L K ^b   Stein, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS; MEDIA CHOICE; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY; NEW MEDIA; TWO SOURCES; VOICE MAIL;

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85036968790     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1996.493174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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