The Role of Need for Cognition in Online Flow Experience: An Empirical Investigation

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3158-3164

  Li, Dahui ^a   Browne, Glenn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Human Computer Interactions; Need for Cognition; Online Behavior

Indexed keywords

LEISURE;

COGNITIVE FACTORS; COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FLOW; FLOW EXPERIENCE; NEED FOR COGNITIONS; ON FLOW; ON-LINE FLOW; ONLINE BEHAVIOURS; PROCESSING ACTIVITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84897070028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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