Computer anxiety: Comparison of research from the 1990s and 2000s

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2337-2381

  Powell, Anne L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Computer anxiety; Correlates; Literature review; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENTS; COMPUTER ANXIETY; CORRELATES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OUTCOMES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84879107590     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.05.012     Document Type: Review

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