A Gift from the Gods? Components of Information Technological Fatalism, Determinism in Several Cultures

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Licker, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 7744223868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16814835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2002.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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