Facteurs explicatifs de l'utilisation de la messagerie électronique textuelle : résultats d'une enquête réalisée au sein d'organisations municipales

Authors

  • Pascal BARILLOT Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs des Techniques des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires à Nantes, Laboratoire Largecia

Keywords:

Electronic mail, Traditional media, Media choices, Organisational tasks, Municipal organisations

Abstract

Organisational methods have been completely transformed via the latest state of the art technology which has created powerful tools. New techniques in data communications compete with more traditional methods. Therefore electronic mail systems respond efficiently to the growing demands in the field of communication. 74 users belonging to 8 municipal organisations were surveyed in order to identify tasks achieved by the system. Several theoretical frameworks are discussed in this paper : the social presence theory, the information richness theory, and critical mass theory. The study shows that the system is seldom used and that it uses a basic level of communication although its technical capacities are recognized. New media, such as electronic mail, have been found to be suitable for routine information exchanges. Electronic Message System is only an alternative to traditional methods and not a substitution. The use of this media is dependent on user satisfaction, as well as on the hierarchical position.

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BARILLOT, P. (1998). Facteurs explicatifs de l’utilisation de la messagerie électronique textuelle : résultats d’une enquête réalisée au sein d’organisations municipales. Systèmes d’Information Et Management (French Journal of Management Information Systems), 3(1), 41–68. Retrieved from https://revuesim.org/index.php/sim/article/view/39

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (1998)

Section

Empirical research

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