Promoting the intention of students to continue their participation in e-learning systems: The role of the communication environment

Information Technology & People

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-375

  Zhang, Yixiang ^a   Fang, Yulin ^b   Wei, Kwok Kee ^b   Wang, Zhaohua ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Continuance; E learning; Hong Kong; Learning; Online learning; Partial least squares; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869015113     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593841211278776     Document Type: Article

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