RIP - Beliefs about IT culture: Exploring national and gender differences

Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages 217-220

  Guzman, Indira R ^a   Joseph, Damien ^b   Papamichail, K N ^c   Stanton, Jeffrey M ^d  

^a Touro College and University System   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; International perspective; IS IT professionals; IT workforce; Occupational commitment; Occupational culture; Occupational subcultures

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; JOB ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; IT WORKFORCE; OCCUPATIONAL COMMITMENT; OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE; OCCUPATIONAL SUBCULTURES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34248171589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1235000.1235050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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