Cultural signifiers of web site images

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-200

  Zahedi, Fatemeh ^a   Bansal, Gaurav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural signifiers; Grounded Theory; Hofstede's cultural dimensions; semiology; Web site images; Web image signifiers theory

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CULTURAL SIGNIFIERS; GROUNDED THEORY; SEMIOLOGY; WEB-IMAGE SIGNIFIERS THEORY;

ANIMATION;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 79955869772     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222280106     Document Type: Article

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