Asia's pending labor crunch: An analysis of human resource management best practices in is departments

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 9-26

  Simon, Steven J ^a   Middleton, Karen L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human Resource Management Best Practices; IS Staffing Shortage; Stage of Socioeconomic Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042217333     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.1998.10856234     Document Type: Article

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