Analysis of reasons, implications and consequences of demographic change for IT departments in times of scarcity of talent: A systematic review

International Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Radant, Olaf ^a   Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^b   Stantchev, Vladimir ^c  

^a BearingPoint   (Germany)

^b ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c SRH Hochschule Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Human resource management; IT management; Psychological implications on employees; Skill shortages

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; IT MANAGEMENT; PROCESS LEVELS; SKILL SHORTAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK PLACE;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84924424963     PISSN: 15480666     EISSN: 15480658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijkm.2014100101     Document Type: Review

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