Personality, individual characteristics, and predisposition to technophobia: Some answers, questions, and points to ponder about

Information Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 309-328

  Korukonda, Appa Rao ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Personality; Technophobia; Technostress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MANAGERS; PRODUCTIVITY; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; PERSONALITY; TECHNOPHOBIA; TECHNOSTRESS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 13244288007     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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