Perception gaps about skills requirement for entry-level is Professionals between recruiters and students: An exploratory study

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 39-63

  Lee, Sooun ^a   Fang, Xiang ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Is professionals; Knowledge; Recruiters; Skill sets; Students; Survey

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

ECONOMIC SITUATION; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; IS PROFESSIONALS; KNOWLEDGE; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; PERCEPTION GAPS; RECRUITERS; SKILL SETS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 70249131563     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2008070103     Document Type: Article

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