Understanding the formation of general computer self-efficacy

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 225-244

  He, Jun ^a   Freeman, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; General computer self efficacy; MIS education; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY;

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; NOMOLOGICAL NETWORKS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77953073339     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02612     Document Type: Article

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