The effects of Need for Cognition on Internet use revisited

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-371

  Kaynar, Or ^a   Amichai Hamburger, Yair ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Internet; Need for Cognition; Personality

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION CARRIERS; PERSUASIVE SITE;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 38149002283     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.033     Document Type: Article

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