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Ritu Agarwal
Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park
Publications - 214
Citations - 30559
Ritu Agarwal is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Information system & Information technology. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 212 publications receiving 27817 citations. Previous affiliations of Ritu Agarwal include Syracuse University & Florida State University.
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Time flies when you're having fun: cognitive absorption and beliefs about information technology usage 1
Ritu Agarwal,Elena Karahanna +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that the individual traits of playfulness and personal innovativeness are important determinants of cognitive absorption, and operational measures for each dimension of this multi-dimensional construct are developed.
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A Conceptual and Operational Definition of Personal Innovativeness in the Domain of Information Technology
Ritu Agarwal,Jayesh Prasad +1 more
TL;DR: A new construct, personal innovativeness in the domain of information technology, is hypothesized to exhibit moderating effects on the antecedents as well as the consequences of individual perceptions about a new information technology.
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Are Individual Differences Germane to the Acceptance of New Information Technologies
Ritu Agarwal,Jayesh Prasad +1 more
TL;DR: A theoretical model wherein the relationship between individual differences and IT acceptance is hypothesized to be mediated by the constructs of the technology acceptance model is proposed, and these factors are viewed as influencing an individual's beliefs about an information technology innovation.
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The Role of Innovation Characteristics and Perceived Voluntariness in the Acceptance of Information Technologies
Ritu Agarwal,Jayesh Prasad +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on individual's perceptions about the characteristics of the target technology as explanatory and predictive variables for acceptance behavior, and present an empirical study examining the effects of these perceptions on two frequently used outcomes in the context of the innovation represented by the World Wide Web.
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Through a Glass Darkly: Information Technology Design, Identity Verification, and Knowledge Contribution in Online Communities
Meng Ma,Ritu Agarwal +1 more
TL;DR: An identity-based view is described to understand how the use of IT-based features in online communities is associated with online knowledge contribution, and it yields important implications for the design of the supporting IT infrastructure.