Culture Clash! The Adverse Effects of IT Occupational Subculture on Formative Work Experiences of IT Students

10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3624-3629

  Guzman, Indira R ^a   Stanton, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus Groups; information systems personnel; Inoculation Theory; IT professionals; IT Workforce; Occupational Subculture; socialization

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; PERSONNEL; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ADVERSE EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES; FOCUS GROUPS; INFORMATION SYSTEM PERSONNELS; INOCULATION THEORY; IT PROFESSIONAL; IT WORKFORCE; OCCUPATIONAL SUBCULTURE; SOCIALIZATION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84890778695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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