Examining student decisions to adopt Web 2.0 technologies: Theory and empirical tests

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-198

  Hartshorne, Richard ^a   Ajjan, Haya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposed theory of planned behavior; Emerging technologies; Factor analysis; Student adoption; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957696410     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12528-009-9023-6     Document Type: Article

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