Information Seeking Behavior and Technology Adoption: Theories and Trends

Title Page
Copyright Page
Book Series
List of Reviewers
Table of Contents
Detailed Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgment
Section 1: Metatheories
	Chapter 1: Theory of Cognitive Constructivism
	Chapter 2: Social Constructionism
	Chapter 3: Activity Theory
	Chapter 4: Dervin\'s Sense-Making Theory
Section 2: Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior Theories and Models
	Chapter 5: Krikelas\' Model of Information Seeking Behavior (1983)
	Chapter 6: Wilson\'s Information-Seeking Behavior Models (1981, 1996, 1999)
	Chapter 7: Bates\' Berrypicking Model (1989, 2002, 2005)
	Chapter 8: Towards the General Theory of Information Asymmetry
	Chapter 9: Chatman\'s Theories of Information Behavior (1996, 1999, 2000)
	Chapter 10: Information Grounds Theory (1999, 2004)
	Chapter 11: Soft Systems Model (SSM)
Section 3: Technology Adoption Theories
	Chapter 12: Ajzen and Fishbein\'s Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (1980)
	Chapter 13: Davis\' Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (1989)
	Chapter 14: Venkatesh et al.\'s Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) (2003)
	Chapter 15: Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) Ajzen (1988)
	Chapter 16: Rogers\' Innovation Diffusion Theory (1962, 1995)
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index