The influence of computer anxiety on experienced computer users while performing complex computer tasks.
This study was conducted to test the hypothesis whether computer anxiety has a hindering effect on experienced computer users while performing complex computer tasks. Participants were 75 third-year psychology students taking a Delphi programming course. Prior to the course, a computer anxiety scale...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 456 - 467 |
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Elsevier Science
May 2006
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