The role of espoused national cultural values in technology acceptance

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 679-704

  Srite, Mark ^a   Karahanna, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Culture; Espoused cultural values; Individualism collectivism; Masculinity femininity; Power distance; TAM; Technology acceptance; Uncertainty avoidance

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ESPOUSED CULTURAL VALUES; INDIVIDUALISM/COLLECTIVISM; MASCULINITY/FEMININITY; POWER DISTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33846076044     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148745     Document Type: Article

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