Modeling the users of information systems: Some theories and methods

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Volumn 28, Issue 60, 1998, Pages 3-25

  Palmquist, Ruth A ^a   Kim, Kyung Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0348028748     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v28n60_02     Document Type: Article

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