Consumer adoption of mobile banking in Jordan: Examining the role of usefulness, ease of use, perceived risk and self-efficacy

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 118-139

  Alalwan, Ali Abdallah ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^b   Rana, Nripendra P P ^c   Williams, Michael D ^b  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Behavioural intention; Jordan; Mobile banking; TAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956608458     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEIM-04-2015-0035     Document Type: Article

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