This paper provides a critical review to analyze the promises and important challenges of
studying flow, a psychological state, in the computer-mediated environments (CME). Despite …

Perceived ease of use plays a critical role in predicting and determining a user's decision to
use an information system. Users perceive a system easier to use as they gain more …

The popularity of electronic commerce is growing rapidly. However, previous studies
regarding shopping online are rather fragmented in nature, and do not integrate their work …

Web sites are essential means of linking corporations to their customers. However,
businesses often find it difficult to assess what customers think of their site. Without a …

Playful people are uniquely able to transform virtually any environment to make it more
stimulating, enjoyable and entertaining. Efforts to more systematically characterize the …

This study is concerned with online learners''flow'experiences. On the basis of
Csikszentmihalyi's theory of flow, flow was conceptualised as a complex, multimentional …

It has been commonly acknowledged that the acceptance of a product depends on both its
utilitarian and non-utilitarian properties. The non-utilitarian properties can elicit generally …

The technology acceptance model (TAM) is one of the most widely used models of
information technology (IT) adoption. According to TAM, IT adoption is influenced by two …

Research on playfulness has long focused on children, while the study of its expression in
adulthood has only recently been undertaken. This cross-sectional study investigated the …

This paper develops an integrated theory of playfulness in computer interactions using
multiple constructs. Although previous researchers have suggested that playfulness in …