Effect of computer self-efficacy on the use of executive support systems

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 227-236

  Hung, Shin Yuan ^a   Liang, Ting Peng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Executive information systems; Field research; Information systems

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING;

COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY (CSE); EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (EIS);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 1542758645     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570110394626     Document Type: Article

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