The effect of affiliation motivation on the intention to use groupware in an MBA program

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Li, Dahui ^a   Lou, Hao ^b   Day, John ^b   Coombs, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation motivation; Groupware; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATION MOTIVATION; COMPUTER-BASED TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONLINE SEARCHING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

GROUPWARE;

EID: 2142833373     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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