Using the diffusion of innovation concept to explain the factors that contribute to the adoption rate of e-journal publishing

Serials Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-257

  Sanni, Shamsudeen Ademola ^a   Ngah, Zainab Awang ^a   Karim, Noor Harun Abdul ^a   Abdullah, Noorhidawati ^a   Waheed, Mehwish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

E journal adoption rate; E journal publishing; Innovation adoption; Malaysian journal publishers; Theory of innovation diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888871393     PISSN: 00987913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.serrev.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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