Perception gaps between IS academics and IS practitioners: An exploratory study

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-61

  Lee, Sooun ^a   Koh, Seokha ^b   Yen, David ^a   Tang, Hung Lian ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACM curriculum; Hardware; Information systems; Information technology; IS education; IS knowledge; IS skills; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036778738     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(01)00132-X     Document Type: Article

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