Choosing management information systems as a major: Understanding the smifactors for MIS

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 265-284

  Ferratt, Thomas W ^a   Hall, Stephen R ^a   Prasad, Jayesh ^a   Wynn Jr , Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Interest in MIS; IS enrollment; Major selection; MIS career; MIS major; Student recruitment; Vocational interest

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

MAJOR SELECTION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS); NUMBER OF FACTORS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT RECRUITMENT; SUBJECT MATTERS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; VOCATIONAL INTEREST;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77958102375     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02716     Document Type: Article

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