User acceptance of agile information systems: A model and empirical test

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-272

  Hong, Weiyin ^a   Thong, James Y L ^b   Chasalow, Lewis ^c   Dhillon, Gurpreet ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile methods; agile systems; availability heuristic; comfort with change; habit; information systems continuance; omission bias; personal innovativeness; status quo bias; unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAU T)

Indexed keywords

AGILE METHODS; AGILE SYSTEMS; COMFORT WITH CHANGE; HABIT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTINUANCE; OMISSION BIAS; PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS; STATUS QUO BIAS; UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 80051718916     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222280108     Document Type: Article

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