Antecedents of perceived playfulness: An exploratory study on user acceptance of general information-searching websites

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 869-881

  Chung, Janine ^a   Tan, Felix B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

General information searching website; Technology acceptance model; User acceptance; User experience; Antecedents of perceived playfulness

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SEARCH ENGINES; SURVEYS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

GENERAL INFORMATION SEARCHING WEBSITES; PERCIEVED PLAYFULNESS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS (TAM); USER ACCEPTANCE; USER EXPERIENCE;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 2342645512     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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