TY - JOUR
T1 - Computer-related success and failure
T2 - A longitudinal field study of the factors influencing computer-related performance
AU - Rozell, E. J.
AU - Gardner, W. L.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - This study used a path analysis of longitudinal data collected from 75 manufacturing employees participating in a computer training course, to test a model of the intrapersonal processes impacting computer-related performance. Gender, computer experience, and attributional style were found to be predictive of computer attitudes, which were in turn related to computer efficacy, task-specific performance expectations, and post-performance anxiety. Computer training was effective in raising user efficacy levels and improving computer performance. In addition, post-training efficacy was predictive of subsequent computer performance. Finally, performance outcomes and future performance expectations were predictive of users' affective reactions.
AB - This study used a path analysis of longitudinal data collected from 75 manufacturing employees participating in a computer training course, to test a model of the intrapersonal processes impacting computer-related performance. Gender, computer experience, and attributional style were found to be predictive of computer attitudes, which were in turn related to computer efficacy, task-specific performance expectations, and post-performance anxiety. Computer training was effective in raising user efficacy levels and improving computer performance. In addition, post-training efficacy was predictive of subsequent computer performance. Finally, performance outcomes and future performance expectations were predictive of users' affective reactions.
KW - Attributional style
KW - Computer training
KW - Computer-related performance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032632715&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0747-5632(98)00030-2
DO - 10.1016/S0747-5632(98)00030-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032632715
SN - 0747-5632
VL - 15
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Computers in Human Behavior
JF - Computers in Human Behavior
IS - 1
ER -