Exploring Users' Desire to be Involved in Computer Systems Development: An Exploratory Study

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-81

  Amoako Gyampah, Kwasi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CIS); COMPUTER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0030784065     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(96)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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