The effects of computer anxiety, state anxiety, and computer experience on users' performance of computer based tasks

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 683-692

  Mahar, Doug ^a   Henderson, Ron ^b   Deane, Frank ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031138842     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00260-7     Document Type: Article

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