An empirical study of the effects of interactivity on web user attitude

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-305

  Teo, Hock Hai ^a   Oh, Lih Bin ^a   Liu, Chunhui ^a   Wei, Kwok Kee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitude; Commercial web sites; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Experimental research; Interactivity; Satisfaction; Web usability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EFFICIENCY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

INTERACTIVITY LEVEL; WEB INTERFACE DESIGN; WEB USABILITY; WEB USER ATTITUDE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0037354230     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5819(03)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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