Social usage of instant messaging by individuals outside the workplace in Kuwait: A structural equation model

Information Technology and People

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-68

  Rouibah, Kamel ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication technologies; Electronic data interchange; Kuwait; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249098733     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840810860324     Document Type: Article

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