An assessment of e-training effectiveness in multinational companies in malaysia

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-137

  Ramayah, Thurasamy ^a   Ahmad, Noor Hazlina ^a   Hong, Tan Say ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Delone and mclean information system success model; E training effectiveness; Expectation confirmation model (ECM); Technology acceptance model (TAM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871604650     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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