Information system personnel career anchor changes leading to career changes

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-117

  Chang, Christina Ling Hsing ^a   Chen, Victor ^b   Klein, Gary ^c   Jiang, James J ^d  

^a Natl Pintung Institute of Commerce   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

career anchors; career stages; IS personnel

Indexed keywords

ANCHORS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

CAREER ANCHORS; CAREER STAGES; EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY; INFORMATION SYSTEM PERSONNELS; IS PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL GROWTH; TECHNICAL COMPETENCE;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 78651313703     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2010.54     Document Type: Article

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