Analysis of the moderating effect of industry on online behaviour

Online Information Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-698

  Ortega, Blanca Hernández ^a   Martinez, Julio Jiménez ^a   De Hoyos, M José Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Employee behaviour; General management; Online operations

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR; GENERAL MANAGEMENT; ONLINE OPERATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM);

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751409909     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520610716162     Document Type: Article

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