Factors for the management of scarce human resources and highly skilled employees in IT-departments: A systematic review

Journal of Information Technology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-82

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

^a Bearing Point GmbH   (Germany)

^b ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c SRH Hochschule Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic development in Europe; Human resources; Information technology; Scarce resources; Shortage of skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970997410     PISSN: 19387857     EISSN: 19387865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/JITR.2016010105     Document Type: Review

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