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Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Information Systems Developers — Perspectives from Finland, Nigeria and Estonia: A Preliminary Study

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, FIN - 40351, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Princely Ifinedo

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  1. Vilnius Gedinimas Technical University, Sauletekio 11, LT-10223, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Olegas Vasilecas

  2. Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83725, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski  & W. Gregory Wojtkowski  & 

  3. Systems Development Laboratory, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, 4000, Kranj, Slovenia

    Jože Zupančič

  4. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Akademijos 4, LT-08663, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Albertas Caplinskas

  5. Department of Information Systems, University of Gdansk, 81-824, Sopot, Armii Krajowej 119/121, Poland

    Stanisław Wrycza

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Ifinedo, P. (2005). Motivation and Job Satisfaction among Information Systems Developers — Perspectives from Finland, Nigeria and Estonia: A Preliminary Study. In: Vasilecas, O., Wojtkowski, W., Zupančič, J., Caplinskas, A., Wojtkowski, W.G., Wrycza, S. (eds) Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28809-0_15

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