Factors influencing personal computer usage: the gender gap

Women in Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 18-26

  Teo, Thompson S h ^a   Lim, Vivien K g ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitude surveys; Computer users; Gender; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003376244     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429610148746     Document Type: Article

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