Combating the decline in information systems majors: The role of instrumental assistance

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 84-93

  Akbulut, Asli Yagmur ^a   Looney, Clayton Arlen ^b   Motwani, Jaideep ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decline; Enrollments; Information systems education; Instrumental assistance; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

DECLINE; ENROLLMENTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONS; INSTRUMENTAL ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 44449104131     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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