The effects of multimedia on cognitive aspects of decision-making

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-116

  Wheeler, Patrick ^a   Arunachalam, Vairam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Consistency; Information overload; Media richness theory; Multimedia; Presentation mode; Willingness

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249107146     PISSN: 14670895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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