The Relationship Between Information Technology Professionals' Skill Requirements and Career Stage in the E-Commerce Era: An Empirical Study

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-82

  Koh, Seokha ^a   Lee, Sooun ^b   Yen, David C ^b   Havelka, Douglas ^b  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; End user computing, information technology

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; RETROFITTING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

END USER COMPUTING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0344099491     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2004010105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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