Gender differences in the perception and use of e-mail: An extension to the technology acceptance model

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-400

  Gefen, David ^a   Straub, Detmar W ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural IT research; E mail; Gender differences; IT adoption and diffusion; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CROSS-CULTURAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) RESEARCH; GENDER DIFFERENCES; IT ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 0001461229     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249720     Document Type: Article

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