Personal computing: Toward a conceptual model of utilization

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 125-142

  Thompson, Ronald L ^a   Higgins, Christopher A ^b   Howell, Jane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Information technology utilization; Personal computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749129220     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249443     Document Type: Article

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