The dark side of elderly acceptance of preventive mobile health services in China

Electronic Markets

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-61

  Guo, Xitong ^a   Sun, Yongqiang ^a,b   Wang, Nan ^c   Peng, Zeyu ^d   Yan, Ziyu ^e  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dual factor model; Keyword: Preventive mobile health services; Resistance to change; Technology acceptance model; Technology anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874112571     PISSN: 10196781     EISSN: 14228890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12525-012-0112-4     Document Type: Article

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