The IS expectation gap: Industry expectations versus academic preparation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 293-303

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Farwell, Douglas W ^b   Lee, Denis ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bull HN Information Systems ^*  (United States)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End user computing; Information systems curriculum; Information systems education; Information systems profession; Skills; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000029042     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249773     Document Type: Article

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