Educational needs as perceived by IS and end-user personnel: A survey of knowledge and skill requirements

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 503-521

  Nelson, R Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; End user computing; Integration; Knowledge; Organizational learning; Skills; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349166632     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249454     Document Type: Review

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