The interactive model of user information technology acceptance and satisfaction in small and medium-sized enterprises

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7-27

  Ghobakhloo, Morteza ^a   Zulkifli, Norzima Binti ^a   Aziz, Faieza Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Interactive perspective; IT; Small and medium enterprise; User acceptance; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954004508     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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