An integrative framework of the factors affecting process model understanding: A learning perspective

16th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2010, AMCIS 2010

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 5087-5097

  Reijers, Hajo A ^a   Recker, Jan ^b   van de Wouw, Sander G ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical Research; Learning; Process modeling; User Characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY SETS; BUSINESS OPERATION; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GOAL-SETTING; INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; LEARNING; LEARNING OUTCOME; MULTIMEDIA LEARNING THEORY; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS MODELING; PROCESS STAGES; REAL WORLD DOMAIN; UNDERSTANDABILITY; USER CHARACTERISTICS;

INFORMATION SERVICES; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870284727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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