Addressing the information technology skills shortage in developing countries: Tapping the pool of disabled users

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-89

  Owei, Vesper ^a   Bada, Abiodun O ^b   Aniebonam, Manny ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Disabled users; Online information sources; User interface; Web based databases

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249108464     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960680000283     Document Type: Article

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