Attitude, aptitude, ability and autonomy: The emergence of offroaders, a special class of nomadic worker

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 439-451

  Harmer, Brian M ^a   Pauleen, David J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cognitive absorption; effectiveness; ICT; individualisation; joy of use; universal access

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS; ICT; INDIVIDUALISATION; JOY OF USE; UNIVERSAL ACCESS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84861550924     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.489117     Document Type: Article

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