Collectivist and Individualist Influences on Website Design in South Korea and the U.S.: A Cross-Cultural Content Analysis

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 581-601

  Kim, Heeman ^a   Coyle, James R ^b   Gould, Stephen J ^c,d  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKETING;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CONTENT; CULTURAL INFLUENCES; DECISION DESIGNERS; DESIGN FEATURES; HIGH CONTEXTS; INTERACTIVITY; ORGANISATIONAL; RICH MEDIAS; SOUTH KOREA;

WEB DESIGN;

EID: 68249137106     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01454.x     Document Type: Article

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