The impact of content type and availability on ebook reader adoption

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 42-51

  Torres, Russell ^a   Johnson, Vess ^a   Imhonde, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Content availability; EBook; Mobile; Playfulness; TAM

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ADOPTION; EBOOK; MOBILE; MOTIVATION THEORIES; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); PLAYFULNESS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 84905050060     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08874417.2014.11645721     Document Type: Article

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