Gender Inequities of Self-Efficacy on Task-Specific Computer Applications in Business

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 269-273

  Shotick, Joyce ^a   Stephens, Paul R ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48949087229     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.81.5.269-273     Document Type: Article

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