Understanding age differences in PDA acceptance and performance.
The present study addresses two basic determinants of technology utilization: the attitude towards a certain technology and the performance when using it. According to the technology acceptance model (TAM), perceived ease of use and usefulness are assumed to be strong determinants of the actual and...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 2904 - 2928 |
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Elsevier Science
November 2007
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