The importance of being useful and fun: Factors influencing intention to use a mobile system motivating for physical activity

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Svendsen, Gunnvald B ^a   Søholt, Yngvil ^b   Munch Ellingsen, Arne ^a   Gammon, Deede ^c   Schürmann, Anders ^a  

^a TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS; INTRINSIC MOTIVATIONS; MOBILE SYSTEMS; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; SELF EFFICACIES; SUBJECTIVE NORMS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCES; WEB-BASED SURVEYS; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

HEALTH; MOBILE PHONES; MOTIVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 63349098883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2009.439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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