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Career paths in a changing IS environment: a theoretical perspective

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Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research Annual Conference archive
Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGCPR conference on Supporting teams, groups, and learning inside and outside the IS function reinventing IS table of contents

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Pages: 117 - 130

Year of Publication: 1995

ISBN:0-89791-712-X

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Patricia B. Lash	Andreas School of Business, Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida
Maung K. Sein	College of Business Administration, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

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SIGCPR: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Personnel Research

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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