The usability of university websites - A study on European University of Lefke

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-40

  Caglar, Ersin ^a   Mentes, S Ahmet ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF LEFKE   (Turkey)

^b NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Communication; Education; Governance; Turkey; University; Usability; WAMMI; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863694696     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.048340     Document Type: Article

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