A Longitudinal Field Investigation of Gender Differences in Individual Technology Adoption Decision-Making Processes

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-60

  Venkatesh, Viswanath ^a   Morris, Michael G ^b   Ackerman, Phillip L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001900517     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.2000.2896     Document Type: Article

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