A Note on Interpersonal and Communication Skills for IS Professionals: Evidence of Positive Influence

Decision Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 799-812

  Jiang, James J ^a   Klein, Gary ^b   Van Slyke, Craig ^a   Cheney, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consonance; Information Technology Personnel; Methodological Area; MIS DSS; Survey Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642491862     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5414.2003.02546.x     Document Type: Review

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