Choice decision of e-learning system: Implications from construal level theory

Information and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 160-169

  Ho, Candy K Y ^a   Ke, Weiling ^b   Liu, Hefu ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Keywords E learning system adoption Construal level theory Technology acceptance model Perceived usefulness Perceived ease of use

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ADOPTION INTENTION; CONSTRUAL LEVELS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USER ACCEPTANCE;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84922268874     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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