Closing the technology adoption-use divide: The role of contiguous user bandwagon

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 836-859

  Lanzolla, Gianvito ^a   Suarez, Fernando F ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contiguous user bandwagon; Information technology adoption and use; Technology adoption technology use divide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859308247     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310369938     Document Type: Article

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