Which factors form older adults' acceptance of mobile information and communication technologies?

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

Volumn 5889 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 81-101

  Wilkowska, Wiktoria ^a   Ziefle, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Computer expertise; Perceived ease of use; Perceived usefulness; Subjective technical confidence; Technology acceptance; Tutorial

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMPUTER EXPERTISE; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; SUBJECTIVE TECHNICAL CONFIDENCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TUTORIAL;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; TECHNOLOGY; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 78650670591     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10308-7_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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