A Conceptual and Operational Definition of Personal Innovativeness in the Domain of Information Technology

Information Systems Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 204-215

  Agarwal, Ritu ^a   Prasad, Jayesh ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Instrument Development; IT Adaption; IT Implementation; Personal Innovativeness; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; IT ADAPTION; IT IMPLEMENTATION; OPERATIONAL DEFINITION; PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

WEB CRAWLER;

EID: 0032339276     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.9.2.204     Document Type: Article

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