Information needs and risk perception as predictors of risk information seeking

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 847-862

  Huurne, Ellen Ter ^a   Gutteling, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Information needs; Information seeking; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION USE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INFORMATION NEEDS; INFORMATION SEEKING; MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; RISK INFORMATIONS; SOCIAL INFLUENCES;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 54249132563     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870701875750     Document Type: Article

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