Acceptability of ATM and transit applications embedded in multipurpose smart identity card: An exploratory study in Malaysia

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 37-56

  Yeow, Paul H P ^a   Loo, W H ^a,b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Stanford College   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ATM card; Multipurpose smart identity card; Transit card; User acceptance; UTAUT model

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ATM CARDS; SMART IDENTITY CARD; TRANSIT CARD; USER ACCEPTANCE; UTAUT MODELS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 74549146793     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2009040103     Document Type: Article

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