Title :
Access to information processing tools: an exploratory study
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
An exploratory field study which examined users´ perception of the dimensions of PC availability and of the impact of various levels of PC availability on usage is presented. The interviews yielded the following observations: (1) user uncertainty concerning PC availability influences usage behavior more than objective measures of PC availability; (2) users believe that uninterrupted access to PC leads to substantially greater PC usage; and (3) location and portability are important dimensions of availability, particularly when users conduct much of their work away from their home base
Keywords :
office automation; personal computing; systems analysis; PC availability; end user computing; information processing tools; location; portability; uninterrupted access; user uncertainty; Availability; Decision making; Explosions; Frequency; Information processing; Information technology; Libraries; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Productivity;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1990., Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1990.205261
