Factors affecting assigned information problem ordering during Web search: An exploratory study

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1366-1378

  Spink, Amanda ^a   Park, Minsoo ^b   Koshman, Sherry ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Information problems; Multitasking; Ordering; Web search

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTITASKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

GRATIFICATION THEORY; INFORMATION PROBLEMS; PROBLEM ORDERING; WEB SEARCH;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 33748283164     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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