An exploratory study of the key skills for entrylevel erp employees

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Peslak, Alan R ^a   Boyle, Todd A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning; Entry level employees; Industries; Information technology skills; IT and Business programs

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP SYSTEM; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS; IT PROFESSIONAL; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SCALE RELIABILITY; TEAM SKILLS; TECHNICAL SKILLS; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 77954116065     PISSN: 15481115     EISSN: 15481123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeis.2010040101     Document Type: Article

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