Information seeking behavior and technology adoption :  theories and trends / 
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri and Ali Saif Al-Aufi, editors. 
 - PDFs (321 pages) :  illustrations. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Theory of cognitive constructivism / Kijpokin Kasemsap -- Social constructionism / Catherine Closet-Crane -- Activity theory / Ibrahim S. Al-Harthy -- Dervin's sense-making theory / Brenda Dervin -- Krikelas' model of information seeking behavior (1983) / Sarika Sawant -- Wilson's information-seeking behavior models (1981, 1996, 1999) / Devendra Potnis -- Bates' berrypicking model (1989, 2002, 2005) / Linda L. Lillard, YooJin Ha -- Towards the general theory of information asymmetry / Waseem Afzal -- Chatman's theories of information behavior (1996, 1999, 2000) / Abdullahi I. Musa -- Information grounds theory (1999, 2004) / Ali Saif Al-Aufi -- Soft systems model (SSM) / Nabhan Harith Al-Harrasi -- Ajzen and Fishbein's theory of reasoned action (TRA) (1980) / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri, Rahma Mohammed Al-Kharusi -- Davis' technology acceptance model (TAM) (1989) / Patr�icia Silva -- Venkatesh et al.'s unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) (2003) / Manishankar Chakraborty, Salim Al Rashdi -- Theory of planned behavior (TPB) Ajzen (1988) / Azzah Al Maskari -- Rogers' innovation diffusion theory (1962, 1995) / Rebecca L. Miller. 
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<br/><br/> "This book brings together the many theories and meta-theories that make information science relevant across different disciplines, highlighting theories that had their base in the early days of text-based information and expanding to the digitization of the Internet"--Provided by publisher. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781466681576 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4018/978-1-4666-8156-9  doi 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Information behavior.<br/>Information technology--Psychological aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Activity theory Akerlof's theory of information asymmetry Bates' berrypicking model Chatman's theories of information behavior Cognitive constructivism Dervin's sense-making theory Information grounds theory Krikelas' model of information seeking Social constructivism Wilson's information seeking behavior model 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ZA3075  / .I56 2015e 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>025.5/24