Knowledge search and people with high epistemic curiosity

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-22

  Koo, Dong Mo ^a   Choi, Young Yun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Communication richness; Diversity; Epistemic curiosity; Interactivity; Knowledge; Preciseness; Responsiveness; Specialty

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; EPISTEMIC CURIOSITY; INTERACTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; PRECISENESS; RESPONSIVENESS; SPECIALTY;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70350738352     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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