Beauty is more than screen deep: Improving the web survey respondent experience through socially-present and aesthetically-pleasing user interfaces

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-163

  Casey, Tristan W ^a   Poropat, Arthur ^b  

^a Sentis   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Human computer interaction; Perceived ease of use; Trust; Web surveys

Indexed keywords

AESTHETICS; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES METHOD; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; RESPONDENT EXPERIENCES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRUST; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; WEB SURVEYS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACE STATES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84883781088     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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