DOES INFORMATION SYSTEMS STILL MATTER? LESSONS FOR A MATURING DISCIPLINE

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1039-1048

  George, Joey F ^a   Valacich, Joseph S ^c   Valor, Josep ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

curriculum; enrollment; globalization; Information systems education; outsourcing; workforce

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION USE; OUTSOURCING; STUDENTS;

% REDUCTIONS; ENROLLMENT; GLOBAL OUTSOURCING; GLOBALISATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONS; JOB MARKET; JOB OPPORTUNITIES; STUDENT ENROLLMENTS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; WORKFORCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 44449119340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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