Information systems effectiveness: A user satisfaction approach

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 601-610

  Thong, James Y L ^a   Yap, Chee Sing ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER SATISFACTION APPROACH;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030244206     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4573(96)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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