Cultural determinants of email communication styles

Understanding email communication patterns

It has been almost two decades since the beginning of the web. This means that the web is no longer just a technology of the present, but also, a record of our past. Email, one of the original forms of social media, is even older than the web and contains a detailed description of our personal and professional history. This thesis explores the world of email communication by introducing Immersi...

Detecting unusual email communication

Deception theory suggests that deceptive writing is characterized by reduced frequency of firstperson pronouns and exclusive words, and elevated frequency of negative emotion words and action verbs. We apply this model of deception to the Enron email dataset, and then apply singular value decomposition to elicit the correlation structure between emails. Those emails that have high scores using ...

Report Communication Styles Inventory

The micro-foundations of email communication networks

The popular and scientific literature has been discussing the advent of ‘big data’ with a measure of excitement and apprehension. For the first time in history, it seems, every breath we take, every move we make, someone’s watching us. But beyond their unprecedented volumes and the anxieties they raise, new communication data have a less obvious aspect, in so far as they are (arguably) of a fun...

Cultural Styles, Relational Schemas and Prejudice 1 Running head: CULTURAL STYLES, RELATIONAL SCHEMAS AND PREJUDICE Cultural Styles, Relational Schemas and Prejudice Against Outgroups

Two studies provide evidence that, in work situations, Latins (Mexicans & Mexican-Americans) are guided by a concern with socioemotional aspects of workplace relations to a far greater degree than are Anglo-Americans. The focus on socioemotional considerations results in Latins having a relatively greater preference for workgroups having a strong interpersonal orientation. Preferred relational ...