Of races to run and battles to be won: Technical skill updating, stress, and coping of it professionals

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-409

  Tsai, Hsing Yi ^a   Compeau, Deborah ^a   Haggerty, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 34748917033     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20170     Document Type: Article

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