Computer self-efficacy: Development of a measure and initial test

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 189-210

  Compeau, Deborah R ^a   Higgins, Christopher A ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causal models; Measurement; Partial least squares; Psychology; User behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149116092     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249688     Document Type: Article

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