Non-monetary solutions for retaining the IT workforce

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 6046-6055

  Laumer, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

IT workforce; Non monetary solution; Retention; Talent shortage

Indexed keywords

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; CAREER OPPORTUNITIES; COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; IT WORKERS; IT WORKFORCE; JOB MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; REDUCING COSTS; RETENTION; TALENT SHORTAGE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 79958755919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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