Information seeking behavior and technology adoption : theories and trends / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri and Ali Saif Al-Aufi, editors.

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Publisher: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2015]Description: PDFs (321 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

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9781466681576

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ZA3075 .I56 2015e

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Contents:

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.

Abstract: "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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"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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