Voting with their seats: Computer laboratory design and the casual user

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-420

  Spennemann, Dirk H R ^a   Atkinson, John ^a   Cornforth, David ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer facilities design; Facility utilisation research; Spatial behaviour; Use studies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTER FACILITIES DESIGN; FACILITY UTILISATION RESEARCH; SPATIAL BEHAVIOUR; USE STUDIES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547936538     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500489277     Document Type: Article

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