Cultural factors in a mobile phone adoption and usage model

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2650-2679

  van Biljon, Judy ^a   Kotzé, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computer supported cooperative work; Determining factors; Human computer interaction and marketing; Mediating factors; Mobile phone usage; Sociology; Usage intensity; Usage variety and usage breath

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849127250     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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