The Systems Developer Skill Set: Exploring Nature, Gaps, and Gender Differences

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 150-153

  Newton, Sandra ^a   LeRouge, Cynthia ^a   Blanton, J Ellis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; IT job skills; Systems Developers

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; JOB ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GENDER DIFFERENCES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0141929342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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