Nerd work: Attractors and barriers perceived by students entering the IT field

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 201-204

  Myers, M E ^a   Beise, C M ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IS careers; IS personnel; IT shortage; Programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; STUDENTS;

PROGRAMMING COURCES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034832745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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