Excellence in IT consulting: Integrating multiple stakeholders perceptions of top performers

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 589-606

  Joshi, K D ^a   Kuhn, Kristine M ^a   Niederman, Fred ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology (IT) consulting; job performance; multiple stakeholders congruity; satisfaction; top performers attributes; turnover

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (IT); JOB PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS; SATISFACTION; TURNOVER;

PLASTICS MOLDING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77958504449     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2040742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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