Computer attitudes of non-computing academics: A study of technical colleges in Brunei Darussalam

Information and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 169-180

  Seyal, Afzaal H ^a   Rahim, Md Mahbubur ^a   Rahman, Mohd Noah Abd ^a  

^a FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Computer attitudes; Non computing academics; Technical colleges

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005861265     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(99)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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