Why aren't organizations adopting virtual worlds?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 772-790

  Yoon, Tom E ^a   George, Joey F ^b  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Organizational adoption; Technology Organization Environment (TOE) Framework; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; MIMETIC PRESSURES; NORMATIVE PRESSURES; ORGANIZATIONAL ADOPTION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURVEY DATA; TECHNICAL FACTORS; TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84872454113     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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