Decision confidence, information usefulness, and information seeking intention in the presence of disconfirming information

Informing Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-24

  Phillips, Brandon K ^a   Prybutok, Victor R ^a   Peak, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business intelligence; Confirmation bias; Data visualization; Decision confidence; Information presentation; Information usefulness; Intention to seek further information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896861776     PISSN: 15479684     EISSN: 15214672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/1932     Document Type: Article

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