The perceived usefulness of blog postings: An extension of the expectancy-disconfirmation paradigm

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-113

  Zehrer, Anita ^a   Crotts, John C ^b   Magnini, Vincent P ^c  

^a MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Expectancy disconfirmation paradigm; Information search process; Travel blogs

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; PARADIGM SHIFT; PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78649837977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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