An empirical study of wearable technology acceptance in healthcare

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1704-1723

  Gao, Yiwen ^a   Li, He ^b   Luo, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption intention; Fitness wearable device; Healthcare; Medical wearable device; Wearable technology

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; HEALTH CARE; MOTIVATION; SURVEYS;

ADOPTION INTENTION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (HIT); HEDONIC MOTIVATIONS; PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; UNIFIED THEORY OF ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY; WEARABLE DEVICES;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84944910006     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-03-2015-0087     Document Type: Review

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