Electronic window dressing: Impression management with websites

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-322

  Winter, Susan J ^a   Saunders, Carol ^b   Hart, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression management; Organizational image; Websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442303735     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000470     Document Type: Article

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