Understanding competing web application platforms: An extended theory of planned behavior and its relative model

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-35

  Lin, Julian ^a   Chan, Hock Chuan ^a   Wei, Kwok Kee ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alternative products; competing product; expectationdisconfirmation theory (EDT); extended theory of planned behavior (TPB); relative model; web application

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS; COMPETING PRODUCT; EXPECTATIONDISCONFIRMATION THEORY (EDT); RELATIVE MODEL; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; WEB APPLICATION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 78951476114     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2060727     Document Type: Article

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