Guest Editorial: Meeting the demand for IT workers: A call for research

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 458-461

  Riemenschneider, Cynthia K ^a   Armstrong, Deborah J ^b   Moore, Jo Ellen ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 71249151184     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2009.36     Document Type: Review

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