Measurement development for cultural characteristics of mobile Internet users at the individual level

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1355-1368

  Lee, Inseong ^a,c   Kim, Jinwoo ^a   Choi, Boreum ^a   Hong, Se Joon ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contextuality; Culture; Individualism; Mobile Internet; Time perception; Uncertainty avoidance

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUALITY; CULTURE; INDIVIDUALISM; MOBILE INTERNET; TIME PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 77956184262     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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