Exploring Chinese users' acceptance of instant messaging using the theory of planned behavior, the technology acceptance model, and the flow theory

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-39

  Lu, Yaobin ^a   Zhou, Tao ^b   Wang, Bin ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration; Flow theory; Instant messaging; Perceived enjoyment; TAM; TPB

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MESSAGE PASSING;

CONCENTRATION; FLOW THEORY; INSTANT MESSAGING; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; TAM; TPB;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 54449088817     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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