Culture dimensions in software development industry: The effects of mentoring

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2403-2412

  Casado Lumbreras, Cristina ^a   Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^b   Soto Acosta, Pedro ^c   Misra, Sanjay ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cultural issues; Human factors; Mentoring; Software development teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959846848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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