The Relationship of Information System Training Methods and Cognitive Ability to End-user Satisfaction, Comprehension, and Skill Transfer: A Longitudinal Field Study

Information Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 466-490

  Simon, Steven J ^a   Grover, Varun ^b   Teng, James T C ^b   Whitcomb, Kathleen ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Modeling; Computer Training; End user Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIOR MODEL; COMPUTER TRAINING; END-USER SATISFACTIONS; LONGITUDINAL FIELD STUDY; RELATIONSHIP OF INFORMATION; TRAINING EVALUATION; TRAINING TECHNIQUES; TRANSFER OF LEARNING;

PERSONNEL TRAINING;

EID: 0030371911     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.7.4.466     Document Type: Article

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