Positive and negative aspects of the work of information technology personnel: An exploratory analysis

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-138

  Bijleveld, Catrien C J H ^a   Andries, Frank ^b   Van Rijckevorsel, Jan L A ^b  

^a Ministerie van Justitie   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; JOB ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; STRAIN; STRESSES;

JOB STRESS MODELS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034161001     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492900118722     Document Type: Article

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