A regional IT occupational partnership for economic development

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

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages 112-120

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Reinert, Mike ^a   Zigner, Michael C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Cultural influences; Diversity; Economic development; Information economy; Information technology sectors; IT labor force; IT professional; IT skills; IT workforce

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CULTURAL INFLUENCES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTORS; IT LABOR FORCE; IT PROFESSIONALS; IT SKILLS; IT WORKFORCE;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34248202013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1235000.1235026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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