Role of efficacy expectations in predicting the decision to use advanced technologies: The case of computers.
Journal of Applied PsychologyPublished 1 May 1987
Thomas Hill, Nancy D. Smith, Millard F. Mann
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La complexite des innovations a longtemps ete reconnue comme un facteur affectant leur taux d'adoption. On a etudie la relation entre le sentiment de l'efficacite des ordinateurs et la propension des gens a les utiliser. La croyance en l'efficacite des ordinateurs exerce une influence sur la decision de les utiliser, independemment des croyances concernant la valeur instrumentale de l'ordinateur dans tel ou tel cas specifique
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