Understanding factors influencing information communication technology adoption behavior: The moderators of information literacy and digital skills

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 196-208

  Yu, Tai Kuei ^a   Lin, Mei Lan ^b   Liao, Ying Kai ^c  

^a NATIONAL QUEMOY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^c NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Digital skill; Information literacy; Media richness theory; Moderating effect

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MODERATORS; SURVEYS;

DIGITAL DIVIDE; DIGITAL SKILLS; INFORMATION LITERACY; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY; MODERATING EFFECT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

ADOPTION; DIGITAL DIVIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL AREA; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISIBILITY;

EID: 85011977626     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.02.005     Document Type: Article

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