The distinct roles of prior IT use and habit strength in predicting continued sporadic use of IT

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-206

  Vance Wilson, E ^a   Mao, En ^b   Lankton, Nancy K ^c  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency of IT use; Habit; Models of behavior; Prior behavior; Rational models; Stability of IT use

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY OF IT USE; HABIT; PRIOR BEHAVIOR; RATIONAL MODELS; THE UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY(UTAUT);

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77958087789     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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