Identifying technical competences of IT professionals:The case of software engineers

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-43

  Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   Tovar Caro, Edmundo ^a   García Crespo, Ángel ^a   Gómez Berbís, Juan Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competences; Competency levels; Human factors; Professional issues; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649881254     PISSN: 19473478     EISSN: 19473486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhcitp.2010091103     Document Type: Article

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