Age, motivation, and participation in professional development

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 57-64

  Schambach, Thomas ^a   Blanton, J Ellis ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SYSTEMS; IT PROFESSIONAL; IT SYSTEM; PARTICIPATION RATE; PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM; SURVEY DATA;

MOTIVATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035628818     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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