Gender differences in the perception and acceptance of online games

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 787-806

  Wang, Hsiu Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Yi Shun ^b  

^a ChungChou Institute of Technology

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; GENDER DIFFERENCES; LITTLE RESEARCH; ON-LINE GAMES; PERCEIVED PLAYFULNESS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH MODELS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 49749150112     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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