Moving beyond intentions and toward the theory of trying: Effects of work environment and gender on post-adoption information technology use

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-459

  Ahuja, Manju K ^a   Thatcher, Jason Bennett ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Autonomy; Gender; Information technology innovation; Infusion of information technology; Intentions; IT use; Overload; Stress; Technology acceptance model; Theory of trying; Trying to innovate with information technology

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ADOPTION; AUTONOMY; GENDERS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS; INFUSION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENTIONS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS; THEORY OF TRYING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33645003633     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148691     Document Type: Review

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