An empirical assessment of technology adoption as a choice between alternatives

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 23-44

  Bekkering, Ernst ^a   Johnston, Allen C ^b   Warkentin, Merrill ^c   Schmidt, Mark B ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing technologies; Expectancy theory; Human computer interaction; Information technology adoption; Mobile computing; System acceptance; Tablet PC

Indexed keywords

COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES; EXPECTANCY THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE; TABLET PC;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE COMPUTING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70350057156     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2009061902     Document Type: Article

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