Household technology use: Integrating household life cycle and the model of adoption of technology in households

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-218

  Brown, Susan ^a,c   Venkatesh, Viswanath ^b   Bala, Hillol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Beliefs; Household; Household life cycle; Model of adoption of technology in households (MATH); Personal computer; Technology adoption; Use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745100768     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240600791333     Document Type: Article

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