Understanding switching intention of information systems users

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 583-596

  Asimakopoulos, Grigorios ^a   Asimakopoulos, Stavros ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forecasting IS; Intention to switch; IS applications; Switching costs; Usability

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERCEIVED USABILITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SWITCHING COSTS; SWITCHING INTENTIONS; USABILITY; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 84899905411     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-10-2013-0412     Document Type: Article

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