Management and organisational barriers in the acquisition of computer usage skills by mature age workers

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Keogh, Mark ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer usage skills; Management practices; Mature age workers

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; EMPLOYMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 69649101385     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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