Work alienation among IT workers: A cross-cultural gender comparison

SIGMIS CPR 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: Refilling the Pipeline: Meeting the Renewed Demand for Information Technology Workers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 66-69

  Adya, Monica P ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career alienation; Individual characteristics; Job characteristics; Job stressors; Long term career orientation; Retention; Turnover intentions; Women in IT

Indexed keywords

ASIAN COUNTRIES; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; IT CAREER; IT PROFESSIONAL; IT WORKERS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; ROLE AMBIGUITIES; WOMEN IN IT; WORK-LIFE BALANCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77952260220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1355238.1355253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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