A Motivational Model of Microcomputer Usage

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-143

  Igbaria, Magid ^a,b,c,d   Parasuraman, Saroj ^c,e,f   Baroudi, Jack J ^g,h,i  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f Academy of Management

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End user skills; Microcomputer usage; Perceived usefulness; Social pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030307377     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1996.11518115     Document Type: Article

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