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245 0 0 _aInformation seeking behavior and technology adoption :
_btheories and trends
_cMohammed Nasser Al-Suqri, Ali Saif Al-Aufi
260 _aHershey, PA :
_bInformation Science Reference,
_cc2015.
300 _axxii, 321 p. :
_bill. ;
_c29 cm.
490 1 _aAdvances in knowledge, acquisition, transfer, and management (AKATM) book series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aCognitive constructivism / Kijpokin Kasemsap, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand -- Social constructionism / Catherine Closet, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University -- Activity theory / Ibrahim Al-Harthi, Psychology Department, College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University -- Dervin's sense-making theory (1983, 1992, 2003) / Brenda Dervin, School of Communication and Former Huber Fellow in Social Sciences, Ohio State University -- Krikelas' model of information seeking (1983) / Sarika Sawant, SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai -- Wilson's information seeking behavior model (1981, 1996, 1999) / Devendra Potnis, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA -- Bates' berrypicking model (1989, 2002, 2005) / Linda L. Lillard, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; YooJin Ha, Clarion University of Pennsylvania -- Akerlof's theory of information asymmetry (1970) / Waseem Afzal, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia -- Chatman's theories of information behavior (1996, 1999, 2000) / Abdullahi Musa, Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria -- Information grounds theory / Ali Saif Al-Aufi, Department of Information Studies, Sultan Qaboos University -- Soft systems model (SSM) / Nabhan Hareth Al Harrasi, Department of Information Studies, Sultan Qaboos University -- Ajzen and Fishbein's theory of reasoned action (TRA) (1980) / Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri; Rahma Mohammed Al-Kharusi, Department of Information Studies, Sultan Qaboos University -- Technology acceptance model (TAM) (1989) / Patrícia Silva, Department of Information Science, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil -- Venkatesh et al.'s unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) (2003) / Manishankar Chakraborty, Lecturer-Business Studies; Salim Al Rashdi, MSc, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration, Ibra College of Technology, Oman -- Theory of planned behavior (TPB) (Ajzen, 1988) / Azzah Al-Maskeri, Ibra College of Technology, Oman -- Rogers' innovation diffusion theory (1962, 1995) / Rebecca Miller, Realm Advising, LLC, United States.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aInformation behavior
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650 0 _aInformation technology
_xPsychological aspects
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650 7 _aInformation technology
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700 1 _aAl-Suqri, Mohammed Nasser,
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700 1 _aAl-Aufi, Ali Saif,
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