Personality within information systems research: A literature analysis

ECIS 2012 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Maier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Big five; Cognitive style; Computer personnel research; Higher order traits; IT specific Narrow traits; Literature analysis; Narrow traits; Personality; Predisposition; Technology adoption research; Theory of a person; Traits

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BIG FIVE; COGNITIVE STYLES; HIGHER-ORDER; IT-SPECIFIC NARROW TRAITS; LITERATURE ANALYSIS; NARROW TRAITS; PERSONALITY; PREDISPOSITION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; THEORY OF A PERSON; TRAITS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84905734768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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