Towards the integration of culture into the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-55

  Nistor, Nicolae ^a,b   Lerche, Thomas ^a   Weinberger, Armin ^c   Ceobanu, Ciprian ^d   Heymann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84892949557     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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