Perceived critical mass and the adoption of a communication technology

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-283

  Van Slyke, Craig ^a   Ilie, Virginia ^b   Lou, Hao ^c   Stafford, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Adoption; Diffusion of Innovation; Instant messaging; Theory of Reasoned Action

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547573146     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000680     Document Type: Article

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