Predicting technology acceptance and adoption by the elderly: A qualitative study

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 338, Issue , 2008, Pages 210-219

  Renaud, Karen ^a   Van Biljon, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elderly; Mobile phone adoption; Technology adoption models

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION MODEL; DECISION MAKERS; ELDERLY; MOBILE PHONE DESIGN; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE-PHONE USERS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENIOR USER; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MODELS;

ENGINEERS; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70049111979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1456659.1456684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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