Gender-based differences in consumer e-commerce adoption

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-34

  van Slyke, Craig ^a   Bélanger, France ^b   Johnson, Richard D ^c   Hightower, Ross ^d  

^a John Cook School of Business   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; IT diffusion and adoption; User acceptance of IT

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; CONSUMER E COMMERCES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS THEORIES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; IT DIFFUSION; USE INTENTIONS; USER ACCEPTANCE OF IT;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77953048307     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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