Conceptual versus procedural software training for graphical user interfaces: A longitudinal field experiment

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 405-422

  Olfman, Lorne ^a   Mandviwalla, Munir ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer literacy; Direct manipulation; End users; Graphical user interface; Longitudinal study; User behavior; User training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001530251     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249522     Document Type: Article

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