Elderly japanese computer users: Assessing changes in usage, attitude, and skill transfer over a one-year period

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Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-314

  Umemuro, Hiroyuki ^a   Shirokane, Yoshiko ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer attitude; Elderly; Self efficacy; Touchscreen

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER ATTITUDE; ELDERLY; SELF EFFICACY; TOUCHSCREEN;

MAIL HANDLING;

EID: 31044448242     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-003-0049-7     Document Type: Article

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