A model of the antecedents of perceived ease of use: Development and test

Decision Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 451-481

  Venkatesh, Viswanath ^a   Davis, Fred D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Self Efficacy; Perceived Ease of Use; Technology Acceptance Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040008172     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1996.tb00860.x     Document Type: Article

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