Computer anxiety and attitudes towards microcomputer use

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 229-241

  Igbaria, Magid ^a   Chakrabarti, Alok ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84950633680     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449299008924239     Document Type: Article

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