Career management in information technology: A case study

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 142-158

  Appelbaum, Steven H ^a   Ayre, Heather ^b   Shapiro, Barbara T ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career planning; Careers; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052391     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210426123     Document Type: Article

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