Computer aversion and computer-use ethics in U.S. and Asian cultures

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Whitman, Michael E ^a   Townsend, Anthony M ^b   Hendrickson, Anthony R ^c   Rensvold, Roger B ^d  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ATTITUDE; COMPUTER USE; CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS; HONG-KONG; MODERATING EFFECT; SINGAPORE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 0032396359     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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