THE THREAT-RIGIDITY MODEL OF PROFESSIONAL OBSOLESCENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY BEHAVIORS OF IT PROFESSIONALS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 567-574

  Joseph, Damien ^a   Ang, Soon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

managing IT professionals; obsolescence; occupational mobility; professional commitment; Threat; turnover

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RIGIDITY;

COPING MECHANISMS; IT PROFESSIONAL; MANAGING IT PROFESSIONAL; MOBILITY BEHAVIOR; MODEL OF PROFESSIONALS; OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT; RIGIDITY MODEL; THREAT; TURNOVER;

OBSOLESCENCE;

EID: 0141943116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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