Adoption and use of computer technology among school principals in Botswana secondary schools

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-78

  Totolo, Angelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Computer technology; Information era; Information technology adoption; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958833167     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iilr.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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