The impact of flow on online consumer behavior

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Lee, Sang M ^a   Chen, Liqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Enjoyment; Flow; Online consumer behavior; TAM; Telepresence; Time distortion; TPB

Indexed keywords

ENJOYMENT; FLOW; ONLINE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; TAM; TELEPRESENCE; TPB;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77956597272     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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