Gender and web information seeking: A self-concept orientation model

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1105-1115

  Hupfer, Maureen E ^a   Detlor, Brian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; ONLINE SEARCHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR SELECTIVITY MODELS; INFORMATION CONTENT FACTORS; SELF-CONCEPT ORIENTATION MODELS; SELF-REPORTED SEARCH FREQUENCIES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33745587333     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20379     Document Type: Article

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