The effects of motivational elements in user instructions

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-199

  Loorbach, Nicole ^a   Taal, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Motivation; Satisfaction; Usability; User instructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944472918     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651905284404     Document Type: Article

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