Explaining perceived performance of the World Wide Web: Uncertainty and the task-technology fit model

Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-310

  D'Ambra, John ^a   Wilson, Concepción S ^a  

^a Professor of Marketing   (United States)

Author keywords

Information science; Modelling; Performance appraisal; Variance; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844231043     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240410555315     Document Type: Article

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