Mobile phone appropriation: Exploring differences in terms of age, gender and occupation

6th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, ICITA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 276-281

  Karim, Nor Shahriza Abdul ^a   Oyefolahan, Ishaq Oyebisi ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Technology appropriation; Wireless phone adoption; Wireless phone use; Wireless technologies

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS; POLICY FORMULATION; SERVICE PROVIDER; WIRELESS PHONES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES; WORK PLACE;

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MACHINE DESIGN; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953973418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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