Willingness to try a new communication technology: Perceptual factors and task situations in a health care context

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-26

  Turner, Jeanine Warisse ^a,b   Thomas, Robert J ^a,b   Reinsch Jr , N Lamar ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Health care; Situation; Technology; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745056861     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943603259584     Document Type: Review

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