The impact of socialization on the role adjustment of information systems professionals

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-217

  King, Ruth C ^a,b   Sethi, Vikram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems personnel; Role adjustment; Socialization; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032223739     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1998.11518191     Document Type: Article

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