Understanding the acceptance of modeling method by IS developers: A theoretical model and an empirical test

ICIS 2006 Proceedings - Twenty Seventh International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 937-946

  Tan, Xin ^a   Siau, Keng ^b  

^a FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Information systems development; Modeling method

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE; CONTINUED USE; EMPIRICAL TEST; INFORMATION MODELS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; IS DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LONG-TERM VIABILITY; RESEARCH MODELS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; INFORMATION THEORY; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870155677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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