Understanding Web home page perception

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 288-302

  Singh, Surendra N ^a   Dalal, Nikunj ^b   Spears, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Informational model; Involvement; Understanding; Wed page perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744441430     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000525     Document Type: Article

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