The human resource's influence in shaping IT competence

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-183

  Crawford, Jeff ^a   Leonard, Lori N k ^a   Jones, Kiku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b Feed The Children   (United States)

Author keywords

Competences; Employee development; Human resource management; Information technology

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE; BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS; COMPETENCES; CONTRACT WORKERS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYEE TURNOVER; FINANCIAL SERVICE; HUMAN RESOURCES; IT COMPETENCE; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;

BLENDING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79952434322     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571111115128     Document Type: Article

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