A multivariate comparison of computer anxiety levels between candidate and tenured school principals

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1102-1107

  Baloǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Çevik, Vildan ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candidates; Computer anxiety; Multivariate differences; School administrators

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE FACTORS; CANDIDATES; COMPUTER ANXIETY; COVARIATE; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE DIFFERENCES; SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; THREE DIMENSIONS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; FORESTRY; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650069295     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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