Exploring students’ satisfaction with universities’ portals in developing countries a cultural perspective

International Journal of Information and Learning Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 82-93

  Shaltoni, Abdel Monim ^a   Khraim, Hamza ^b   Abuhamad, Abdullah ^c   Amer, Mohammad ^d  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

^d MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Educational culture; Information quality; Services availability; Student satisfaction; System quality; University portals; User ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934953205     PISSN: 20564880     EISSN: 20564899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJILT-12-2012-0042     Document Type: Article

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