ADOPTION AS SENSEMAKING: TOWARD AN ADOPTER-CENTERED PROCESS MODEL OF IT ADOPTION1

Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 361-370

  Seligman, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE;

CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION-DECISION PROCESS; IT ADOPTION; PROCESS-MODELS; PROCESS-ORIENTED; PROPERTY; RESEARCH FOCUS; S MODELS; SENSE MAKING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644634006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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