Evaluating the technological characteristics and trust affecting mobile device usage

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 662-681

  Mahatanankoon, Pruthikrai ^a   Wen, H Joseph ^b   Lim, Billy B L ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information quality; m commerce; Mobile devices; Perceived trust; Service reliability; Structural equation modelling; Technology Acceptance Model (TAM); User interface

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); RELIABILITY THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

INFORMATION QUALITY; INTERFACE QUALITY; MOBILE COMMERCE (M-COMMERCE); MOBILE DEVICES; PERCEIVED TRUST; SERVICE RELIABILITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM);

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746922019     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2006.010361     Document Type: Article

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