Computer anxiety in management: myth or reality?

Authors:
Geoffry S. Howard;Robert D. Smith
Affiliations:
Kent State Univ., Kent, OH;Kent State Univ., Kent, OH
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
1986

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Abstract

Although many informal surveys in the business press have contended that computer anxiety has a significant adverse impact on managers' willingness to use microcomputers, the problem is neither as extensive nor as severe as once believed.