Contemporary Issues in End User Computing

by Mahmood, M. Adam

• ISBN13: 9781591409267
• ISBN10: 1591409268
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-31
• Publisher: Igi Global

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Section I: Web-Based End User Computing Tools and Technologies
Assessing Web-Enabled Interactivity: An Audit Tool	1	(28)
Barbara Marcolin
Nicole Coviello
Roger Milley
The Impact of Personal Innovativeness on the Use of the Internet Among Employees at Work	29	(25)
Tor J. Larsen
Oystein Sorebo
The Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in the Acceptance of Web-Based Electronic Medical Records	54	(23)
Qingxiong Ma
Liping Liu
The Effectiveness of Online Task Support vs. Instructor-Led Training	77	(24)
Ji-Ye Mao
Bradley R. Brown
Section II: End User Computing Software Issues and Trends
A Comparison of Audio-Conferencing and Computer Conferencing in a Dispersed Negotiation Setting: Efficiency Matters!	101	(32)
Abbas Foroughi
William C. Perkins
Leonard M. Jessup
Software Use Through Monadic and Dyadic Procedure: User-Friendly or Not-So-Friendly?	133	(24)
Gregory E. Truman
Business Software Specifications for Consumers: Toward a Standard Format	157	(17)
Shouhong Wang
Perceptions of End Users on the Requirements in Personal Firewall Software: An Exploratory Study	174	(23)
Sunil Hazari
Section III: End Users Characteristics and Learning
The Changing Demographics: The Diminishing Role of Age and Gender in Computer Usage	197	(19)
Michael B. Knight
J. Michael Pearson
Users Behaving Badly: Phenomena and Paradoxes from an Investigation into Information Systems Misfit	216	(32)
Panagiotis Kanellis
Ray J. Paul
Quality of Use of a Complex Technology: A Learning-Based Model	248	(25)
Marie-Claude Boudreau
Larry Seligman
Learning from Patterns During Information Technology Configuration	273	(19)
Keith S. Horton
Rick G. Dewar
Learning to Use IT in the Workplaces: Mechanisms and Masters	292	(32)
Valerie K. Spitler
About the Editor	324	(2)
About the Authors	326	(8)
Index	334