Culture and Acceptance of Global Web Sites: A Cross-Country Study of the Effects of National Cultural Values on Acceptance of a Personal Web Portal

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Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 49-74

  Li, Xin ^a   Hess, Traci J ^b   McNab, Anna L ^c   Yu, Yanjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global web site design; National culture; Personal web services; Technology acceptance; Web portal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015646675     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1644953.1644959     Document Type: Article

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