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Contemporary Issues in End User Computing, 1st Edition

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  • ISBN-10: 1591409284
  • ISBN-13: 9781591409281
  • DDC: 004.019
  • Grade Level Range: College Freshman - College Senior
  • 337 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2007 | Published/Released November 2006
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2007

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Overview

Contemporary Issues in End User Computing brings a wealth of end user computing information to one accessible location. This collection includes empirical and theoretical research concerned with all aspects of end user computing including development, utilization, and management.

Contemporary Issues in End User Computing is divided into three sections, covering Web-based end user computing tools and technologies, end user computing software and trends, and end user characteristics and learning. This scholarly book features the latest research findings dealing with end user computing concepts, issues, and trends.

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Advances in End User Computing.
Contemporary Issues in End User Computing: Table of Contents.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1: Web-Based End User Computing Tools and Technologies.
2: Assessing Web-Enabled Interactivity: An Audit Tool.
3: The Impact of Personal IT Innovativeness on Use of the Internet Among Employees at Work.
4: The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in the Acceptance of Web-Based Electronic Medical Records.
5: The Effectiveness of Online Task Support vs. Instructor-Led Training.
6: End User Computing Software Issues and Trends.
7: A Comparison of Audio-Conferencing and Computer Conferencing in a Dispersed Negotiation Setting: Efficiency Matters!.
8: Software Use Through Monadic and Dyadic Procedure: User-Friendly or Not-So-Friendly?.
9: Business Software Specifications for Consumers: Toward a Standard Format.
10: Perceptions of End Users on the Requirements in Personal Firewall Software: An Exploratory Study.
11: End Users Characteristics and Learning.
12: The Changing Demographics: The Diminishing Role of Age and Gender in Computer Usage.
13: Users Behaving Badly: Phenomena and Paradoxes from an Investigation into Information Systems Misfit.
14: Quality of Use of a Complex Technology: A Learning-Based Model.
15: Learning from Patterns During Information Technology Configuration.
16: Learning to Use IT in the Workplace: Mechanisms and Masters.
About the Editor.
About the Authors.
Index.