Factors Influencing the Adoption and Usage of Online Services in Saudi Arabia

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-32

  Al Ghaith, Waleed ^a   Sanzogni, Louis ^a   Sandhu, Kuldeep ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; E service; Factors; Online Services; Saudi Arabia; Usage; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149248735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2010.tb00283.x     Document Type: Article

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