Website design in an international context: The role of gender in masculine versus feminine oriented countries

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1358-1367

  Cyr, Dianne ^a   Head, Milena ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Website design; Website satisfaction; Website trust

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ISSUES; GENDER; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION CONTENTS; NAVIGATION DESIGNS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; VISUAL DESIGN; WEB SITE DESIGN;

CELL CULTURE; DESIGN; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURVEYS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84874889032     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.050     Document Type: Article

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