Exploring gender differences in computer-related behaviour: Past, present, and future

Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 12-30

  Kay, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

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EID: 60449095480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-774-4.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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