Personal Usability Constructs: How People Construe Usability Across Nationalities and Stakeholder Groups

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 729-761

  Hertzum, Morten ^a   Clemmensen, Torkil ^b   Hornbæk, Kasper ^c   Kumar, Jyoti ^d   Shi, Qingxin ^b   Yammiyavar, Pradeep ^d  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

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EID: 79960348611     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2011.555306     Document Type: Article

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