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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 45 , Issue 4 (April 2002) table of contents
Supporting community and building social capital

Pages: 83 - 87

Year of Publication: 2002

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Thomas Schambach	College of Business at Illinois State University, Normal
J. Ellis Blanton	University of South Florida, Tampa

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

If IT professional development is good for overall corporate performance, as well as for IT professionals' employment prospects, security, self-esteem, and climbing the corporate ladder, why don't more of them do it?

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