The importance of compatibility and pressure on intentions to engage in distance learning

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 395-414

  van Slyke, Craig ^a   Dick, Geoffrey ^b   Case, Thomas ^c   Ilie, Virginia ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Collaboration systems; Education; Empirical; Individual; Individual use

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; COLLABORATION SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL; INDIVIDUAL; INDIVIDUAL USE;

EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 77958085551     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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