Investigating computer anxiety and communication apprehension as performance antecedents in a computing-intensive learning environment

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 51-57

  Vician, Chelley ^a   Davis, Larry R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036992873     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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