Toward a more civilized design: Studying the effects of computers that apologize

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-345

  Tzeng, Jeng Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SERVERS; STUDENTS;

AESTHETIC QUALITY; ERROR-FREE INTERACTIONS; HUMANIZED MESSAGES; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 3242672450     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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