Cultural impacts on acceptance and adoption of information technology in a developing country

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 35-58

  Baker, Elizabeth White ^a   Al Gahtani, Said S ^b   Hubona, Geoffrey S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross Cultural Technology Acceptance; Perceived Usefulness; Saudi Arabia; Social Influence; TAM2

Indexed keywords

PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; TAM2; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77956385968     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2010070102     Document Type: Article

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