Website performance and behavioral consequences: A formative measurement approach

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 771-777

  Dickinger, Astrid ^a   Stangl, Brigitte ^b  

^a MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Formative measurement; Reflective measurement; Structural equation modeling; Website evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875807606     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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