A repeated-measures field study (n = 316) investigated the effect of mood on employee motivation and intentions toward using a specific computer technology at two points in time: immediately after training and 6 weeks after training. Actual usage behavior was assessed for 12 weeks after training. Each individual was assigned to one of three mood treatments: positive, negative, or control. Results indicated that there were only short-term boosts in intrinsic

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGYComputer Technology: Advantages and DisadvantagesAdvantages1. Improved productivity/efficiency and accuracy at work2. Access to knowledge3. Ease of communication4. Convenience (i.e. o the learning and shopping fronts)5. Advances in health, i.e. thanks to improved medical diagnostic toolsDisadvantages1. Loss of employment2. Cyber security concerns, i.e. ID theft3. Moral decay, i.e. pornography4. Lack of flexibility and creativity5. Negative impact on health and wellbeing � i.e. in relation to mental healthTo the Editor:There is

Computers Are an Underutilized Resource for High School Physical Education Teachers Computers have become an integral part of the high school learning environment, beginning in the early 1990s. They provide a vast variety of resources to help enhance student education through presentation of material in a variety of media and act as an enhancement to teacher lessons. They can sometimes free teachers from routine tasks, allowing them to bring greater depth

Information Systems and Computer Technology Has on the Practice of Nursing Innovations in telecommunications and information systems have revolutionized the delivery of health care services in many ways in recent years in general and on the practice of nursing in particular given the nurses' role on the front-lines of patient care. To determine how these trends have affected the practice of nursing, the purpose of this paper was (a) to

In some instances, policies implemented mainly as cost-effective shortcuts to network system security have cost otherwise good employees their jobs for violations of excessively restrictive network use policies. In the realm of the home computer user, it is possible to buy many new redundant or unnecessary security programs and features. Generally, appropriate network security should not interfere noticeably with either personal home computer use or computer system use in

Workplace Technology Researchers claim that recent developments in technology, such as Internet, e-mail, computers, telecommuting and Video Conferencing have profoundly affected the environment of a workplace. The paper will reveal the impact that these technologies have had in a workplace. The use of computers in a workplace The availability of computers in a workplace has had a very powerful impact on the employees. Computing opportunities have established the degree to which employees' sophistication