A new hybrid model for exploring the adoption of online nursing courses

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-300

  Tung, Feng Cheng ^a,b   Chang, Su Chao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DIWAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation diffusion theory; Perceived ease of use; Perceived financial cost; Perceived usefulness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, NURSING; TAIWAN;

EID: 44449117581     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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