Competence gaps in software personnel: A multi-organizational study

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 456-461

  Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   Casado Lumbreras, Cristina ^b   Soto Acosta, Pedro ^c   García Peñalvo, Francisco J ^d   Tovar Caro, Edmundo ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Career ladder; Competence gaps; Software engineering; Software workers

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; VERIFICATION;

COMPETENCE GAPS; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SELF EVALUATION; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS; VERIFICATION OF SOFTWARES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CAREER MOBILITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; SELF EVALUATION; WORKER;

EID: 84861334405     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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