Personality traits and effectiveness of presentation of product information in e-business systems

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-195

  Jahng, J J ^a   Jain, H ^b   Ramamurthy, K ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 0036746589     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000431     Document Type: Article

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