A person-artefact-task (PAT) model of flow antecedents in computer-mediated environments

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-496

  Finneran, Christina M ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Computer playfulness; Computer mediated environment (CME); Flow antecedents; Flow theory; Perceived ease of use (PEOU); Person artefact task (PAT) model

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED ENVIRONMENTS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0141958749     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5819(03)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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