The relationship between national culture and the usability of an e-learning system

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-64

  Downey, Steve ^a,b   Wentling, Rose Mary ^a,b   Wentling, Tim ^a,b   Wadsworth, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

E learning; National culture; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749318731     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367886042000338245     Document Type: Review

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