Designing consumer interfaces for experiential tasks: An empirical investigation

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-287

  Wells, John D ^a,d   Fuerst, William L ^b,e   Palmer, Jonathan W ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Domain familiarity; Electronic commerce; Experiential tasks; Human compter interaction; Information presentation; Interface design; Mental models; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744452505     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000516     Document Type: Article

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