Applying means-end chain theory to eliciting system requirements and understanding users perceptual orientations

Information and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-468

  Chiu, Chao Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Means end chain; Perceptual orientations; System requirements; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS; SECURITY OF DATA; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

JOINT APPLICATION DESIGN (JAD); MEANS-END CHAIN THEORY; PERCEPTUAL ORIENTATIONS; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS (TAM);

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 10644222725     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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