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Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics

Although a strong relationship has been established between information source, information channels and information choice strategies, however, a mediator is required to further explain why or how the independent variables (information source and information channels) predict the dependents variabl...

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Main Authors: Al - Khateeb, Bilal Ahmad Ali, Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my.uum.repo.120802014-08-27T09:01:30Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12080/ Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics Al - Khateeb, Bilal Ahmad Ali Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi T Technology (General) Although a strong relationship has been established between information source, information channels and information choice strategies, however, a mediator is required to further explain why or how the independent variables (information source and information channels) predict the dependents variable (information choice strategy).As a result, the collected data from 358 respondents of Arab tourists in Malaysia was analyzed through the regression analysis.Overall, the findings show significant relationships between information source, information channels and information choice.The result further shows that personal characteristic significantly mediate the relationship between information source, information channels and information choice. Hence, the study concludes that personal characteristic significantly explains the relationship between information source, information channels and information choice. Based on the findings obtained in this study, implications for the study and future research including the limitations are discussed. 2013-08-28 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/12080/1/PID93.pdf Al - Khateeb, Bilal Ahmad Ali and Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi (2013) Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics. In: 4th International Conference on Computing and Informatics (ICOCI 2013), 28 -30 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. http://www.icoci.cms.net.my/proceedings/2013/TOC.html
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Al - Khateeb, Bilal Ahmad Ali
Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi
Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics
description Although a strong relationship has been established between information source, information channels and information choice strategies, however, a mediator is required to further explain why or how the independent variables (information source and information channels) predict the dependents variable (information choice strategy).As a result, the collected data from 358 respondents of Arab tourists in Malaysia was analyzed through the regression analysis.Overall, the findings show significant relationships between information source, information channels and information choice.The result further shows that personal characteristic significantly mediate the relationship between information source, information channels and information choice. Hence, the study concludes that personal characteristic significantly explains the relationship between information source, information channels and information choice. Based on the findings obtained in this study, implications for the study and future research including the limitations are discussed.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Al - Khateeb, Bilal Ahmad Ali
Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi
author_facet Al - Khateeb, Bilal Ahmad Ali
Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi
author_sort Al - Khateeb, Bilal Ahmad Ali
title Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics
title_short Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics
title_full Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics
title_fullStr Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics
title_full_unstemmed Information source, information channels and information choice: The mediating effect of personal characteristics
title_sort information source, information channels and information choice: the mediating effect of personal characteristics
publishDate 2013
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