Author: Parker, Lee

Source: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Volume 22, Number 4, 2009 , pp. 663-664(2)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract:

<B>Purpose</B> - The purpose of this paper is to present a satirical critique on the dominant role of e-mail communications in business and professional life. <B>Design/methodology/approach</B> - Poetic exposition. <B>Findings</B> - Takes the reader through a declining list of positive e-mail attributes which metamorphose into increasingly dysfunctional attributes and personally stressful experiences. Highlights the addictive appeal and tensions in e-mail usage. <B>Research limitations/implications</B> - Raising awareness and pointing to issues regarding the commonly experienced advantages and disadvantages of the electronic business age. <B>Originality/value</B> - Opens up the dysfunctional personal and working consequences of e-mail communications in the world of work.

Keywords: Communication technologies; Electronic mail

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513570910955489

Publication date: 2009-05-08

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