Understanding and measuring user competence

Information and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-57

  Munro, Malcolm C ^a,d   Huff, Sid L ^b   Marcolin, Barbara L ^a   Compeau, Deborah R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Computing skills; End user computing; Human factors in information systems; User competence

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

COMPUTING SKILLS; END USER COMPUTING; USER COMPETENCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031558613     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(97)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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