The perceived attributes of Wi-Fi technology and the diffusion gap among university faculty members: A case study

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-88

  Lu, Yong ^a   Quan, Jing ^b   Cao, Xubin ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Case study; Instructional technology; IT diffusion and adoption

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES; IT DIFFUSION; TEACHING PHILOSOPHY; TEACHING PRACTICES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WI-FI - TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 70349327339     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02405     Document Type: Article

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