Why don't men ever stop to ask for directions? Gender, social influence, and their role in technology acceptance and usage behavior

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-136

  Venkatesh, Viswanath ^a,c   Morris, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Gender differences; Social influences; Technology acceptance model; User acceptance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION; MARKETING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADOPTION; GENDER DIFFERENCES; SOCIAL INFLUENCES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USER ACCEPTANCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 9744246034     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3250981     Document Type: Article

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