Multicommunicating: A practice whose time has come?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Reinsch, N. Lamar, Jr.; Turner, Jeanine Warisse; Tinsley, Catherine H.
• 署名单位: Georgetown University; Georgetown University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/20159404
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 391-403
• 关键词: ELECTRONIC MAIL; MEDIA RICHNESS; COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONS; MESSAGE; work

摘要

We offer the concept of multicommunicating to describe overlapping conversations, an increasingly common occurrence in the technology-enriched workplace. We define multicommunicating, distinguish it from other behaviors. and develop propositions for future research. Our work extends the literature on technology-stimulated restructuring and reveals one of the opportunities provided by lean media-specifically, an opportunity to multicommunicate. We conclude that the concept of multicommunicating has value both to the scholar and to the practicing manager.