An Analysis Of Controls And Perceived End-User Productivity Between Accounting And Non-Accounting Majors In A Microcomputer Environment

Abstract

This study demonstrates that perceived PD use under a variety of control procedures varies widely among accounting, management, and computer science majors sampled in this study.  In addition, a large percentage of all respondents believed that control procedures tended to discourage PC use.  Of the significant differences noted, most occurred between the computer science majors and the other two groups of students where the computer science majors perceived more strongly that the control procedures tended to discourage their PC use.