Understanding user responses to information technology: A coping model of user adaptation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-524

  Beaudry, Anne ^a   Pinsonneault, Alain ^b  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping theory; Individual performance; IT appropriation; User adaptation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION THEORY; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COPING THEORY; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; IT APPROPRIATION; USER ADAPTATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33645301638     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148693     Document Type: Review

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