A generalised adoption model for services: A cross-country comparison of mobile health (m-health)

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 174-187

  Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^a   Shareef, Mahmud Akhter ^b,c   Simintiras, Antonis C ^a   Lal, Banita ^d   Weerakkody, Vishanth ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption behaviour; Consumer behaviour; Consumer preference; Cultural effect; Mobile health (m health); UTAUT model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960440204     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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