Application of the task-technology fit model to structure and evaluate the adoption of E-books by academics

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-64

  D'Ambra, John ^a   Wilson, Concepción S ^a   Akter, Shahriar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

electronic books

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES; AFFORDANCES; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CORE DIMENSION; E-BOOKS; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION NEED; MODEL VALIDATING; ONLINE SURVEYS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); PRINT BOOKS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT; TASK-TECHNOLOGY FIT MODELS; UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES;

EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 84871257430     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22757     Document Type: Article

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