Effects of quality antecedents on e-learning acceptance

Internet Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-390

  Cheng, Yung Ming ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; E learning acceptance; Information quality; Instructor quality; Learning methods; Service quality; Structural equation modelling; System quality; Taiwan; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861837569     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662241211235699     Document Type: Article

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