Unraveling social workers' ambivalence toward computer technology: An analysis of the attitudes of social work students towards computers and social work practice

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 33-49

  Finnegan, Daniel J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer attitudes; Computer training; Social work and computers; Social work education and computers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242514692     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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