An exploratory study of the tourist-computer interaction: The role of web site usability on hotel quality perception

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 208-216

  Pantano, Eleonora ^a   Servidio, Rocco ^a   Viassone, Milena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Human computer interaction; Technology management; Usability; Website perception

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR; HUMAN-COMPUTER; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT; USABILITY; WEBSITE PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

HOTELS;

EID: 79958038956     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol5.issue5.23     Document Type: Article

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