Exploring the roles of interaction and flow in explaining nurses' e-learning acceptance

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Cheng, Yung Ming ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow; Interaction; Nurses' e learning acceptance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNET; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84873096925     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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