Supervisor Support and Career Anchor Impact on the Career Satisfaction of the Entry-Level Information Systems Professional

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-240

  Jiang, James J ^a   Klein, Gary ^b,c,d,e  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Arthur Andersen and Company   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Career anchors; Career satisfaction; MIS entry level personnel; Supervisor support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033277404     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1999.11518262     Document Type: Article

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