A Path Analytic Study of Individual Characteristics, Computer Anxiety and Attitudes toward Microcomputers

This study developed and tested a path model of individual difference variables as antecedents of computer anxiety and attitudes toward microcomputers among managers. Results of path analysis of survey data gatheredfrom 166 managers provided moderate support for the proposed model and the pattern of...

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