Examining a model of knowledge management systems adoption and diffusion: A Partial Least Square approach

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-28

  Xu, Jun ^a   Quaddus, Mohammed ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption and diffusion; Knowledge management; Knowledge management systems; Partial Least Square; Quantitative method

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION; AUSTRALIA; DIFFUSION PROCESS; FIELD STUDIES; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PILOT SURVEYS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; TASK COMPLEXITY; THREE STAGES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DIFFUSION; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855917899     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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