The role of cognitive fit in the relationship between software comprehension and modification

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-55

  Shaft, Teresa M ^a   Vessey, Iris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual task interference; Software comprehension; Software modification; Theory of cognitive fit

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

DUAL-TASK INTERFERENCE; SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE MODIFICATION; THEORY OF COGNITIVE FIT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33744808509     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148716     Document Type: Article

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