Culture and the importance of usability attributes

Information Technology and People

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-93

  Wallace, Steve ^a   Reid, Adrian ^b   Clinciu, Daniel ^c   Kang, Jin Su ^d  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Maptek   (Australia)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cultural dimensions; Cultural usability; Culture (sociology); Mobile communication systems; Usability attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874792770     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593841311307150     Document Type: Article

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