Identifying Cultural Variables in Information-Seeking

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 477-481

  Komlodi, Anita ^a   Carlin, Michael ^a  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural dimensions; Information seeking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION USE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SAFETY DEVICES; USER INTERFACES;

CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CULTURAL VARIABLES; ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTS; END-USERS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS; NATIONAL CULTURES; ONLINE DATABASE; SEARCH SYSTEM; USER INFORMATION;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 85139047726     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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