A study of career anchors and job characteristic preferences of IS students

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 24-33

  Chang, I Chiu ^a   Hwang, Hsin Ginn ^a   Liu, Chung Feng ^a   Siang, Siao Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career anchors; Information systems students; Job characteristic preferences

Indexed keywords

CAN DESIGN; CAREER ANCHORS; CAREER DEVELOPMENT; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; KEY ISSUES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; WORK CONDITION;

ANCHORS; CURRICULA; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 34249651775     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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