User acceptance towards web-based learning systems: Investigating the role of social, organizational and individual factors in european higher education

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-197

  Tarhini, Ali ^a   Hone, Kate ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E learning; Organizational factors; Social factors; Strucutural Equation Modelling; Technology Acceptance Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898731703     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2013.05.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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