Internships and occupational commitment of college students in IT-related majors

SIGMIS CPR'06 - Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 295-303

  Stanton, Jeffrey ^a   Guzman, Indira ^a   Fagnot, Isabelle ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College Students; Diversity in the IT field; Internships; IS IT Professionals; IT Workforce; Occupational Commitment; Occupational Subcultures

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COLLEGE STUDENTS; DIVERSITY IN THE IT FIELD; INTERNSHIPS; IS/IT PROFESSIONALS; IT WORKFORCE; OCCUPATIONAL COMMITMENT; OCCUPATIONAL SUBCULTURES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33745873716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1125170.1125237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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