Online social network adoption: A cross-cultural study

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 87-96

  Hartzel, Kathleen S ^a   Marley, Kathryn A ^a   Spangler, William E ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural dimensions; Online social networks; Technology adoption model

Indexed keywords

ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STUDENTS; WEBSITES;

CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; MODIFIED TECHNOLOGIES; NATURE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS (OSNS); TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MODELS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84976904321     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: 23802057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08874417.2016.1117367     Document Type: Article

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