Design and validation of a knowledge map system—the case of construction industry in Taiwan

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 30-44

  Lee, Kuo Wei ^a   Wu, Kang Li ^b   Kuo, Hsing Ping ^c   Yuan, Pen Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL QUEMOY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

knowledge management (km); knowledge map system (kms); user acceptance

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; KNOWLEDGE MAP; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; USER ACCEPTANCE;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84988345165     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20409     Document Type: Review

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