Evolution of is professionals' competency: An exploratory study

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 21-28

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

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT STAGES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FIELD STUDIES; IS PROFESSIONALS; NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HARDWARE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0347140529     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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