Usability and database search at the swedish employment service

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-241

  Allwood, Carl Martin ^a   Thomée, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; IMPROVEMENT; MARKETING;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032119723     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492998119436     Document Type: Article

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