An empirical investigation into the effects of web search characteristics on decisions associated with impression formation

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-593

  Venkatsubramanyan, Shailaja ^a   Hill, Timothy R ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ePerception; ePersona; Order of search results; People searches; Quantity of search results; Search results; Web based impression formation

Indexed keywords

EPERCEPTION; EPERSONA; PEOPLE SEARCHES; SEARCH RESULTS; WEB-BASED IMPRESSION FORMATION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 78650169720     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-009-9177-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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