Social and personal normative influences on healthcare professionals to use information technology: Towards a more robust social ergonomics

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 546-569

  Holden, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health records; healthcare; social ergonomics; social influence; sociotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863613380     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2010.549249     Document Type: Article

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