Does within-culture variation matter? An empirical study of computer usage

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-25

  Srite, Mark ^a   Bennett, Jason ^b   Galy, Edith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Personality; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS; PERSONALITY; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 56649091078     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2008010101     Document Type: Article

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