Gender and age differences in employee decisions about new technology: An extension to the theory of planned behavior

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-84

  Morris, Michael G ^a   Venkatesh, Viswanath ^b   Ackerman, Phillip L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Gender differences; Technology acceptance; Theory of planned behavior (TPB)

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE DIFFERENCES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR (TPB);

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13844299269     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2004.839967     Document Type: Article

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