A model of end user attitudes and intentions toward alternative sources of support

Information and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Govindarajulu, Chittibabu ^a   Reithel, Brian J ^b   Sethi, Vikram ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End user computing support; EUC support sources; Informal support; Local MIS staff; Support services perceived to be important by users; User attitude; User intention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002484059     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(99)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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