Factors influencing the intended use of web portals

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-254

  Liao, Chechen ^a   To, Pui Lai ^b   Liu, Chuang Chun ^c   Kuo, Pu Yuan ^a   Chuang, Shu Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Perception; Portals; Web site design

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL MODEL; KEY DETERMINANTS; PERCEIVED PLAYFULNESS; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PERCEPTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USER ACCEPTANCE; USER BEHAVIOUR; WEB PORTAL; WEB SITE DESIGN; WEB USERS;

DESIGN; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PORTALS; RATING; SURVEYS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79955701360     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111128023     Document Type: Article

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