What's the matter with the information technology workforce?

First Monday

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 53-74

  Subramaniam, Manimegalai M ^a   Burnett, Kathleen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746077542     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v11i5.1328     Document Type: Article

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