The influence of organizational communication openness on the post-adoption of computers: An empirical study in saudi arabia

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 20-41

  Al Gahtani, Said S ^a   Shih, Hung Pin ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HSUAN CHUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Organizational and communicative boundaries; Personal and social factors; Post adoption; Social identity theory (SIT); Theory of planned behavior (TPB)

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL; POST ADOPTIONS; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 70249098902     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2009070102     Document Type: Article

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