The Virtual Handshake

“Don”t work too hard,” wrote a colleague in an e-mail today. Was she sincere or sarcastic? I think I know (sarcastic), but I”m probably wrong.

According to recent research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, I”ve only a 50-50 chance of ascertaining the tone of any e-mail message. The study also shows that people think they”ve correctly interpreted the tone of e-mails they receive 90 percent of the time.

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