Demographic change: The reasons, implications and consequences for IT departments

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-54

  Radant, Olaf ^a  

^a Bearing Point GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Human resource management; Information technology (IT) management; Psychological implications on employees; Skill shortages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927746830     PISSN: 19473478     EISSN: 19473486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijhcitp.2014010104     Document Type: Article

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