Computers and the Internet as a job assisted tool: based on the three-tier use model approach

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 399-414

  Liaw, Shu Sheng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 TUM; Attitude; Computer and Internet usage; Job assisted tool

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

3-TUM; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER AND INTERNET USAGE; JOB ASSISTED TOOLS;

INTERNET;

EID: 33747799934     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.10.018     Document Type: Article

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