Understanding career commitment of IT professionals: Perspectives of push-pull-mooring framework and investment model

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-293

  Fu, Jen Ruei ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career commitment; Investment model; IT professionals; Professional obsolescence; Professional self efficacy; Push pull mooring framework

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MOORING; OBSOLESCENCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CAREER COMMITMENT; INVESTMENT MODELS; IT PROFESSIONAL; PUSH PULL; SELF EFFICACY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 79953848752     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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