Modeling Students’ Intention to Adopt E-learning: A Case from Egypt

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  abdel Wahab, Ahmed Gad ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adoption; E learning; Ease of use; Innovation; Usage; Usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857290223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2008.tb00232.x     Document Type: Article

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