Generalising user behaviour in online travel sites through the Travel 2.0 website acceptance model

Online Information Review

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 879-902

  Muñoz Leiva, Francisco ^a   Hernández Méndez, Janet ^b   Sánchez Fernández, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internet; Structural equation modelling; Technology acceptance model (TAM); Tourism; Travel 2.0 websites; Trust; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TOURISM; TRUST; WEB 2.0;

INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84870267930     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521211287945     Document Type: Article

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