Understanding the determinants of user acceptance of enterprise instant messaging: An empirical study

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-181

  Luo, Xin ^a   Gurung, Anil ^b   Shim, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEUMANN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical mass; Enterprise instant messaging; Innovation diffusion; Motivation; Structural equation modeling (SEM); Ttechnology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951693088     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10919391003709179     Document Type: Article

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