A critical assessment of potential measurement biases in the technology acceptance model: Three experiments

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-45

  Davis, Fred D ^a   Venkatesh, Viswanath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; USER INTERFACES;

GROUPING; INTERMIXING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030196246     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1996.0040     Document Type: Article

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