Differences that do matter: A dialectic analysis of individual characteristics and personality dimensions contributing to computer anxiety

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1921-1942

  Korukonda, Appa Rao ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer stress; Personality; Technophobia

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER STRESS; TECHNOPHOBIA;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33846631320     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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