A Cultural Comparison of Trust in eLearning Artifacts

Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 547-574

  Simmons, Lakisha L ^a   Simmons, Chris B ^b   Hayek, Mario ^c   Parks, Rachida ^d   Mbarika, Victor W ^e  

^a BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; eLearning; IT artifacts; Technology Mediated Learning; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867291334     PISSN: 15404595     EISSN: 15404609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4609.2012.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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