Wi-Fi powered WLAN: When built, who will use it? Exploring predictors of wireless internet adoption in the workplace

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-175

  Wei, Ran ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BROADBAND SPEED; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH SPEED WIRELESS; INNOVATION RESEARCH; INTERNET ADOPTION; PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE; WIRELESS INTERNET; WIRELESS INTERNET TECHNOLOGY;

WI-FI;

EID: 34247863862     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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