Antecedents of internet acceptance and use as an information source by tourists

Online Information Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 548-567

  Castañeda, J Alberto ^a   Frías, Dolores M ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information retrieval; Internet; Tourism; User studies

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E-COMMERCE; EASE OF USE; INFORMATION SOURCES; INTERNET USE; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; RESEARCH RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TECHNOLOGY USE; TOURISM; USER STUDIES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 70249101321     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520910969952     Document Type: Article

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