%0 Journal Article %1 467971419870901 %A Daft, Richard L. %A Lengel, Robert H. %A Trevino, Linda Kiebe %D 19870901 %J MIS Quarterly %K & COMMUNICATION Communication DECISION DIGITAL EXECUTIVE INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT MIDDLE ability, computing in information making, management, managerial managers, media, milieux., performance processing, resources science, support systems, technology, %N 3 %P p354 - 366 %T Message Equivocality, Media Selection, and Manager Performance: Implications for Information Systems. %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=4679714&site=ehost-live %V 11 %X A field study of middle- and upper-level managers was undertaken to explain managers' selection of communication media. The findings indicate that media vary in their capacity to convey information cues. Managers prefer rich media for ambiguous communications and less rich media for unequivocal communications. The data suggest that high performing managers are more sensitive to the relationship between message ambiguity and media richness than low performing managers. Implications for managers' use of information systems and electronic media are discussed. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of MIS Quarterly is the property of MIS Quarterly & The Society for Information Management and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users shou

@article{467971419870901, abstract = {A field study of middle- and upper-level managers was undertaken to explain managers' selection of communication media. The findings indicate that media vary in their capacity to convey information cues. Managers prefer rich media for ambiguous communications and less rich media for unequivocal communications. The data suggest that high performing managers are more sensitive to the relationship between message ambiguity and media richness than low performing managers. Implications for managers' use of information systems and electronic media are discussed. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of MIS Quarterly is the property of MIS Quarterly & The Society for Information Management and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users shou}, added-at = {2008-05-21T09:04:15.000+0200}, author = {Daft, Richard L. and Lengel, Robert H. and Trevino, Linda Kiebe}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26cf4b5cffe25e5f94c02c027e543a24e/jhuebner}, interhash = {5d971d9444b43bb08ae8060d8c296b14}, intrahash = {6cf4b5cffe25e5f94c02c027e543a24e}, issn = {02767783}, journal = {MIS Quarterly}, keywords = {& COMMUNICATION Communication DECISION DIGITAL EXECUTIVE INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT MIDDLE ability, computing in information making, management, managerial managers, media, milieux., performance processing, resources science, support systems, technology,}, number = 3, pages = {p354 - 366}, timestamp = {2008-05-21T09:04:16.000+0200}, title = {Message Equivocality, Media Selection, and Manager Performance: Implications for Information Systems.}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=4679714&site=ehost-live}, volume = 11, year = 19870901 }