The Impact of IT Personnel Skills on IS Infrastructure and Competitive IS

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 38-62

  Byrd, Terry Anthony ^a,d   Lewis, Bruce R ^b,e,f   Turner, Douglas E ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Information Systems

^f WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Construct measurement evaluation; IT competitive advantage; Productivity and competitiveness

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CANONICAL CORRELATION; CONSTRUCT MEASUREMENT EVALUATION; IT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1642271523     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2004040103     Document Type: Review

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