Investigating the factors affecting university students' e-loyalty intention towards the Blackboard system

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-260

  Mouakket, Samar ^a   Al Hawari, Mohammad Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 84858269861     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.045717     Document Type: Article

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