Post-positivist review of Technology Acceptance Model

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-266

  Silva, Leiser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Critique; Information systems; Information technology; Philosophy of science; Problems; Research methods; TAM; Technology acceptance model; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

CRITIQUE; NATURE OF SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; PROBLEM; RESEARCH METHOD; REVIEW CRITERIA; REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 52949106303     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00121     Document Type: Review

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