An empirical re-examination of the relationship among training, ability, and the acceptance of information technology

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An empirical re-examination of the relationship among training, ability, and the acceptance of information technology

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Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research Annual Conference archive
Proceedings of the 1991 conference on SIGCPR table of contents

Athens, Georgia, United States

Pages: 177 - 186

Year of Publication: 1991

ISBN:0-89791-389-2

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R. Ryan Nelson	McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Michael W. Kattan	Decision and Information Sciences, College of Business Administration, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Paul H. Cheney	Information Systems and Decision Sciences, College of Business Administration, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

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SIGCPR: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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