What is the issue with internet acceptance among elderly citizens? Theory development and policy recommendations for inclusive E-government

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6228 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 275-288

  Niehaves, Bjoern ^a   Plattfaut, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital Divide; E Inclusion; Quantitative Study; UTAUT

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DIVIDE; E INCLUSIONS; E-GOVERNMENT; E-GOVERNMENT RESEARCH; INFLUENCING FACTOR; INTERNET USAGE; MODEL-BASED; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SURVEY DATA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORY DEVELOPMENT; UTAUT; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INCLUSIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; INTERNET;

INTERNET; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 78049339163     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14799-9_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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