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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 48 , Issue 10 (October 2005) table of contents
The digital society

Pages: 91 - 94

Year of Publication: 2005

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Bipin Prabhakar	University of Cincinnati
Charles R. Litecky	Southern Illinois University
Kirk Arnett	Mississippi State University

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

IT professionals know they must keep their skills up to date. But doing so requires knowing what skills are in demand.

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	Pruthikrai Mahatanankoon, Exploring the impact of essential IT skills on career satisfaction and organisational commitment of information systems professionals, International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, v.2 n.1, p.50-68, June 2007
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