A Structural Model of the Information Systems Professional

Turner, Rodney; Lowry, Glenn; Fisher, Julie

doi:10.1007/0-387-25997-x_27

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“…Professional associations are well placed to ensure a professional's competence by helping them with gaining new skills to advance their careers [40]. Local/ regional chapters can offer training workshops on specialized knowledge [42] and soft skills required for career progression [43]. Professional associations can provide a forum for exchange of formal knowledge (via conferences and journals) and informal knowledge (via social events) [44].…”

Section: Retaining Professionalsmentioning

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Role of professional associations in preparing, recruiting, and retaining computing professionals

Umapathy

Ritzhaupt

2011

Proceedings of the 49th SIGMIS Annual Conference on Computer Personnel Research

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The purpose of this preliminary study is to investigate an underexplored topic, specifically, the role of professional associations in preparing, recruiting, and retaining computing professionals. Drawing on relevant literature, we identified a comprehensive list of services that should be provided by professional associations in order to prepare, recruit, and retain professionals. Then we assessed several computing professional associations to determine whether they offer those identified services. Our findings show that ACM has better coverage of services, followed by IEEE-CS, AITP, and AIS. This study indicates that computing professional associations have considerable influences on higher educational institutes by establishing curriculum guidelines to prepare professionals, on organizations by organizing career fairs and placement websites to recruit professionals, and on retention by providing professional development opportunities. We propose that more research is needed to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of computing professional associations and to identify unique ways they can influence preparation, recruitment, and retention of computing professionals.

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Section: Retaining Professionalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Role of professional associations in preparing, recruiting, and retaining computing professionals

Umapathy

Ritzhaupt

2011

Proceedings of the 49th SIGMIS Annual Conference on Computer Personnel Research

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“…Members expect professional associations to help them with gaining new skills to advance their careers (Casillas & Shields, 2009). Chapters of professional associations offer training workshops on specialized knowledge and soft skills required for career progression (Turner, Lowry, & Fisher, 2005). Professional associations provide opportunities for members to increase their career potential and demonstrate their credentials by providing access to their industry certification programs (Randall & Zirkle, 2005).…”

Section: Career Enhancement Servicesmentioning

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A Study on Services Motivating Computing Professional Association Membership

Umapathy

Ritzhaupt

Jamba

2012

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

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The purpose of this study is to investigate computing professionals’ perspectives on services offered by a professional association. A conceptual framework was developed based on a review of relevant literatures to explore the motivations of professionals to join and maintain professional association membership. A survey instrument was developed based on the conceptual framework, and was subsequently deployed within the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP). The analyses (N = 220) include descriptive analyses, exploratory factor analysis, and internal consistency reliability analyses. The results suggest that members’ needs and motivations are multidimensional, involving ten distinct and internally consistent underlying constructs. This paper contributes by providing a reliable measurement system for computing professional association leadership to make informed decisions and provides substantive recommendations for offering targeted services. The findings suggest that important aspects of computing professional membership are networking with local professionals, professional development programs, and promoting their concerns.

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Information Technology Worker Recruitment: An Empirical Examination of Entry-Level IT Job Seekers’ Labor Market

Thatcher¹,

Dinger²,

George³

2012

CAIS

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This paper investigates two actors in IT recruitment: IT job seekers and IT employers. Signaling theory and image theory inform this research. Signaling theory suggests that there are unique groups of IT job seekers and IT employers. Image theory explains the implications of groups of IT job seekers' have images of firms. Based on a closet qualitative study, we identify three images that IT job seekers use to classify employers: IT consulting firms, IT vendors, and non-IT-oriented firms that require in-house IT workers. To evaluate these images, we conduct two studies. Study 1 evaluates job seekers. Analysis of data collected from 491 entry-level IT job seekers suggests that unique groups of IT job seekers exist that possess distinct preferences for IT employers, firm and job characteristics as well as report different levels of preparatory job search activity. Study 2 focuses on the IT employers' perspective. We segment IT employers based on the IT job seekers' images. Results from a survey of 412 firm recruiters indicate that IT employers do not prefer different types of IT job applicants or engage in significantly different recruitment activities. Taken together, our studies provide a rich understanding of how IT job seekers view employers and how employers view job seekers.

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A Structural Model of the Information Systems Professional

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Role of professional associations in preparing, recruiting, and retaining computing professionals

Role of professional associations in preparing, recruiting, and retaining computing professionals

A Study on Services Motivating Computing Professional Association Membership

Information Technology Worker Recruitment: An Empirical Examination of Entry-Level IT Job Seekers’ Labor Market

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