The Text Matrix as a tool to increase the cohesion of extensive texts.
The significant amount of time needed to prepare concise and cohesive texts is among the reasons why extensive texts proliferate in organizations. Extensive documents are more likely to have low cohesion among their various sections, which may lead the reader to perceive the information as being of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 900 - 915 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2016
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