Identifying and cultivating exceptional software developers

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 82-88

  Walz, Diane B ^a   Wynekoop, Judy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HARDWARE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031521106     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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