Changing workplace demands: What job ads tell us

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-196

  Kennan, Mary Anne ^a   Cole, Fletcher ^a   Willard, Patricia ^a   Wilson, Concepción ^a   Marion, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertisements; Australia; Information profession; Librarians; United States of America; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; MARKETING; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

ADVERTISEMENTS; INFORMATION PROFESSION; JURISDICTIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS;

LIBRARIES;

EID: 33749351447     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530610677228     Document Type: Review

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