Exploring gender differences in SMS-based mobile library search system adoption

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 192-206

  Goh, Tiong Thye ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Mobile search; Self efficacy; Short message service; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856811815     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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