Targeting COBOL programmers for C training: The role of job insecurity and organizational tenure

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-17

  Agarwal, Ritu ^a   Prasad, Jayesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); JOB ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SECURITY OF DATA; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PROGRAMMERS;

COBOL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 0031125690     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(96)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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