This study aims to understand the extent to which individual stress factors such as overload, the feeling or urgency and pressure, caused by the use of email, can influence the quality of the managerial relationship. The quantitative study was carried out with the help of 478 associates from a...

Stress, disputes, work overload, pressure, and control but also time saving, acknowledgment, accessibility…. are all words that are frequently used when talking about e-mail, and particularly in connection with hierarchical relations. While researchers and practitioners do acknowledge the...