The Effect of Attitudes, Goal Setting and Self-Efficacy on End User Performance

Journal of End User Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 40-45

  Jawahar, I M ^a   Elango, B ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041489728     PISSN: 10632239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/joeuc.2001040104     Document Type: Article

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