Leveraging diversity in information systems and technology education in the global workplace

Information Systems and Technology Education: From the University to the Workplace

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 27-41

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Huang, Haiyan ^a   Quesenberry, Jeria L ^a   Morgan, Allison J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35349007803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-114-8.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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