Dispositional factors in internet use: Personality versus cognitive style

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 809-820

  McElroy, James C ^a   Hendrickson, Anthony R ^b   Townsend, Anthony M ^a   DeMarie, Samuel M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive style; End user computing; Human factors; Individual characteristics; Individual differences; Personality

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COGNITIVE STYLE; COMPUTER ANXIETY; END-USER COMPUTING; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES;

INTERNET;

EID: 38549117477     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148821     Document Type: Article

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