Adoption of open source software: The role of social identification

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 220-229

  Gwebu, Kholekile L ^a   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption decisions; Open Source Software; Personal innovativeness; Social identification

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION; ADOPTION DECISION; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; END USERS; INTEGRATED MODELS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM; PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 79951517830     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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