The psychological origins of perceived usefulness and ease-of-use

Information and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 237-250

  Karahanna, Elena ^a   Straub, Detmar W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Media choice; Perceived ease of use; Perceived usefulness; Social influence; Social presence theory; System use; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001282226     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(98)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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