User-device attachment - scale development and initial test

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-295

  Wehmeyer, Kai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Construct development; Mobile devices; Mobile user behaviour; Symbolism; User device attachment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MARKETING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; USER INTERFACES;

CONSTRUCT DEVELOPMENT; MOBILE USER BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM; USER-DEVICE ATTACHMENT;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 40749138249     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2008.017511     Document Type: Article

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