An application of the cusp catastrophe model to user information satisfaction

Information and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-53

  Sethi, Vikram ^a   King, Ruth C ^b,c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe theory; Measurement; User information satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL;

CATASTROPHE THEORY; NONLINEAR RELATIONSHIP; USER INFORMATION SATISFACTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032486696     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(98)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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