A comparison of spreadsheet users with different levels of experience

Omega

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 579-590

  Lawson, Barry R ^a   Baker, Kenneth R ^a   Powell, Stephen G ^a   Foster Johnson, Lynn ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; End user computing; Information systems; MIS; Spreadsheet practices; Spreadsheets

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; SPREADSHEETS;

BEST PRACTICES; CONTROL METHODS; CORPORATES; END USER COMPUTING; SPREADSHEET FUNCTIONS; SPREADSHEET PRACTICE; TRAINING EXPERIENCES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 50349093412     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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