A meta-analysis of the role of environment-based voluntariness in information technology acceptance

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 419-432

  Wu, Jiming ^a   Lederer, Albert ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Behavioral intention; Ease of use; Meta analysis; Publication bias; Statistical power analysis; Study artifacts; System usage; TAM; Usefulness; Voluntariness

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACCEPTANCE; BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; EASE-OF-USE; META ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION BIAS; STATISTICAL POWER; STUDY ARTIFACTS; SYSTEM USAGES; USEFULNESS; VOLUNTARINESS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 66449122772     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20650298     Document Type: Article

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