Computer anxiety and attitudes among undergraduate students in Greece

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-405

  Korobili, S ^a   Togia, A ^a   Malliari, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer attitudes; Computer experience; Greece; Library Science students

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER ATTITUDE; COMPUTER EXPERIENCE; GREECE; LIBRARY SCIENCE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIBRARIES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 76949083733     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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