Wireless phone services acceptance may be fundamentally different from traditional systems acceptance or online purchase adoption, partly because it includes acceptance of both technology products and services, and partly because the characteristics of wireless service providers also have roles to play. To understand these differences we study antecedents to Technology Acceptance Model’s (TAM) ...

We examined the influence of accountability on the consistency of peer ratings and quality of peer feedback by comparing three conditions: only rating accountability, only feedback accountability, or both rating and feedback accountability. From a large undergraduate course, 287 students’ peer ratings and peer feedback were coded for rating consistency, comment helpfulness, amount of feedback, ...

Despite the promises of e-textbooks, the wide-spread adoption by college students has yet to materialize. The customization of e-textbook support will facilitate the process, but it requires a better understanding of the differences among individual users in their adoption of e-textbooks. The main focus of this study is to examine the role of technology savvy in terms of ITrelated experiences, ...

Abstract Hotel selection is an important decision in making travel plans. Since hotel a typical non-expert decision, online reviews provide people with information about the hotels and destinations they never went to. Several studies construct model based on subjective weights of criteria but ignore objective weight derived by opinion leaders, which contributes to review helpfulness. This study...

These studies were started during the summer of 1914 and have been continued in varying degrees since that time. They were made possible by the De Laval Separator Company of New York City, which established a fund placed in the hands of the Treasurer of the College to meet the expenses incurred. The firm was desirous of knowing the truth about clarification, so far as it can be determined; acco...

People can get most of their needs broadly satisfied in two ways: by close communal ties and by dealings with people in the marketplace. These modes of relating-termed communal and market-often necessitate qualitatively different motives, behaviors, and mind-sets. We reasoned that activating market mode would produce behaviors consistent with it and impair behaviors consistent with communal mod...

This study investigates how students’ prior expectations of technology affect overall learning outcomes across two adaptive systems, one gamebased (iSTART-ME) and one non-game based (iSTART-Regular). The current study (n=83) is part of a larger study (n=124) intended to teach reading comprehension strategies to high school students. Results revealed that students’ prior expectations impacted le...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and feasibility of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression in physically ill adolescents. METHOD In an open trial, 11 adolescents (12-17 years) with inflammatory bowel disease and either major or minor depression underwent 12 sessions of a manual-based CBT enhanced by social skills, physical illness narrative, and family psychoeducation components. S...

The results of a survey appraising the frequency and perceived helpfulness of competitor-focused accounting (CFA) practices are reported. Given the limited attention a€orded the subject in the management accounting literature, CFA usage has been found to be higher than what might have been reasonably anticipated. Three factors have been found to play statistically signi®cant contingent roles in...

Online customer reviews increasingly exert influence on customers’ purchase decisions when shopping online and give new importance to the concept of word-of-mouth. This is reflected in a growing body of academic literature across varying disciplines that draws on online customer reviews as source of information. However, these studies apply varying methods and obtain contradicting results. We c...