Older adults' motivations, patterns, and improvised strategies of using product manuals

International Journal of Design

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 55-65

  Tsai, Wang Chin ^a   Rogers, Wendy A ^b   Lee, Chang Franw ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Older adults; Product manual; Strategy; Usages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866094051     PISSN: 19913761     EISSN: 1994036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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