A qualitative analysis of computing students' professional identity and its relationship to strategies for coping with stressors in the computing disciplines

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1386-1395

  Lewis, Tracy L ^a   Smith, Wanda J ^a   Bélanger, France ^b   Harrington, K Vernard ^a  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing students; Coping strategies; Professional identity; Retention; Stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING DISCIPLINES; COMPUTING EDUCATION; COPING STRATEGIES; FOCUS GROUPS; PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RETENTION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRESSES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84870211733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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