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Understanding and measuring user competence

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The experimental study of 100 subjects shows that the dimensions of competence relate differently to individual factors, such as gender, education, self-efficacy, and specific software-syntax skills.
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This article is published in Information & Management.The article was published on 1997-11-07. It has received 168 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: User modeling & End-user computing.

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Assessing User Competence: Conceptualization and Measurement

TL;DR: A conceptual model of the assessment of user competence is presented to organize and clarify the diverse literature regarding what user competence means and the problems of assessment and to discuss how user competence can be incorporated into the Task-Technology Fit model.
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TL;DR: A comparative performance analysis of artificial Neural networks, MDA and chance showed that artificial neural networks predict better in both training and testing phases, and are promising as an alternative to traditional analytic tools like MDA.
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Digital Inclusiveness--Longitudinal Study of Internet Adoption by Older Adults

TL;DR: The role of Internet self-efficacy and outcome expectations in older adults' usage of the Internet is investigated through a three-part longitudinal study, involving almost 1,000 participants.
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Understanding intention to continuously share information on weblogs

TL;DR: This research aims to examine behavioral motivations underlying individual intention to keep using blogs, and revealed that although both self‐efficacy and personal outcome expectations affected directly the intention of sharing information on blogs, personal outcome expecta...
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Creating an Ontology for the User Profile: Method and Applications

TL;DR: This work aims at creating a user profile ontology that incorporates concepts and properties used to model the user profile, and can be used as a reference model, in order to alleviate the aforementioned issues.
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The productivity paradox of information technology

TL;DR: The increased interest in the «productivity paradox,» as it has become known, has engendered a significant amount of research, but thus far, this has only deepened the mystery.
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Application of Social Cognitive Theory to Training for Computer Skills

TL;DR: Self-efficacy exerted a strong influence on performance in both models, and behavior modeling was found to be more effective than the traditional method for training in Lotus 1-2-3, resulting in higher self- efficacy and higher performance.
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Information systems management issues for the 1990s

TL;DR: It appears that internal effectiveness issues have made a strong comeback after being virtually ignored in 1986 and the rising importance of technology infrastructure issues is revealed as the field enters the 1990s.
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The management of end user computing

TL;DR: In this article, the authors classified end users into six distinct types, each of which needs differentiated education, support, and control from the Information Systems (I/S) function, and paid close attention to the need to involve functional support personnel in the I/S end user management process.
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The importance of learning style in end-user training

TL;DR: Findings from a series of studies that examine the influence of a novice's learning style in learning typical EUC tools such as spreadsheets and electronic mail suggest that learning modes is an important predictor of learning performance, both by itself and in interaction with training methods.
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