The impact of gender differences on job satisfaction, job turnover, and career experiences of information systems professionals

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 29-39

  Sumner, Mary ^a   Niederman, Fred ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Information technology workforce; IT job satisfaction; IT turnover

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE; IT JOB SATISFACTION; IT TURNOVER;

COMPUTER MUSIC; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; WAGES;

JOB SATISFACTION;

EID: 1042275402     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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