Information technology workforce skills: Does size matter?

Information Systems Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-359

  Simon, Judith C ^a,b   Kaiser, Kate M ^c   Beath, Cynthia ^d   Goles, Timothy ^e   Gallagher, Kevin ^f  

^a Department of Management Information Systems ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business domain knowledge; Offshoring; Project management; Sourcing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DOMAIN; DIFFERENT SIZES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCES; IT SKILLS; OFF-SHORING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS; SOURCING; WORKFORCE;

INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 35148888571     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530701586102     Document Type: Article

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