Staffing the MIS Function

ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1972, Pages 241-259

  Willoughby, Theodore C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abilities; critical incidents; human assets; interviews; job descriptions; needs; recruiting; reinforcers; required abilities; satisfaction; satisfactoriness; selection tests; staffing; task analysis; tenure; theory of work adjustment; trait analysis; turnover

Indexed keywords

NANAGERIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS);

DATA PROCESSING, BUSINESS;

EID: 0015476150     PISSN: 03600300     EISSN: 15577341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/356608.356611     Document Type: Article

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