Senior citizens' acceptance of information systems: A study in the context of e-Government services

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-569

  Phang, Chee Wei ^a   Sutanto, Juliana ^a   Kankanhalli, Atreyi ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Tan, Barnard C Y ^a   Teo, Hock Hai ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

E government; Information systems acceptance; Perceived ease of use; Perceived usefulness; Senior citizens

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC-GOVERNMENT SERVICE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SERVICE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750597144     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2006.883710     Document Type: Article

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