Perceived versus actual computer-email-web fluency

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2321-2344

  Bunz, Ulla ^a   Curry, Carey ^b   Voon, William ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer email web (CEW) fluency; Gender and technology; Perception of technology skill

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER EMAIL WEB FLUENCY; GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY SKILL;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 33947605190     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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