Gender differences in computer-related attitudes: It depends on what you ask

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-289

  Whitley Jr , Bernard E ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

AFFECTIVE FACTOR; COGNITIVE FACTOR; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HYPOTHESIS;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EID: 0030171235     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0747-5632(96)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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