Measuring perceived website usability

Journal of Internet Commerce

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 97-112

  Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Senecal, Sylvain ^b  

^a MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ease of navigation; Interactivity; Speed; User attitude; Website usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949088060     PISSN: 15332861     EISSN: 1533287X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332860802086318     Document Type: Article

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