Determinants of Graduating MIS Students Starting Salary in Boom and Bust Job Markets

Sandvig, J. Christopher; Tyran, Craig K.; Ross, Steven C.

doi:10.17705/1cais.01629

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“…Based on the correlation analysis of this study, we can conclude that there is no statistical evidence that the first salary of PR program graduates is associated with GPA and wait time before finding a job. It is an exciting finding, as past studies have shown an association between GPA and income (Sandvig et al, 2005;Harrell et al, 1977;Saksilowati, 2007), which is not found in this study.…”

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confidence: 48%

“…A study that predicted the compensation of MBA graduates by accounting for their personality, age at graduation, business aptitude, and GPA showed that GPA is a significant predictor of earnings (Harrell et al, 1977). Regression analysis of management information system graduates showed the association between starting salary, internship experience, GPA, job market, and employer size (Sandvig et al, 2005).…”

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Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

Lukman

Rizal

Tiara

2023

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Background: Higher educational institutions must prepare graduates for careers by monitoring their performance. They must also evaluate academic relevancy to practical needs. The PR program at Universitas Padjadjaran strives to deliver the best education and monitor graduates’ performance. Purpose: This paper aims to study how graduates’ first income is associated with GPA, study duration, and job wait time. This study also linked public relations education with graduates’ current position in their work based on their self-assessment. Methods: Using tracer study data from the Career and Development Centre of Universitas Padjadjaran, exploratory data analysis was done to examine the characteristics of graduates based on the observed variables. The bivariate analysis investigated the association between income, GPA, study duration, and job wait time. Conclusion: Findings of this study show no statistical evidence of the relationship between first salary, GPA, and duration of the study. Exploratory data analysis shows that PR program graduates perform well when comparing the average income of undergraduates on a national level. Graduates’ self-assessment of study relevancy indicated that most graduates possess the relevant educational background and appropriate level of education for their current occupational position. As the statistical testing for this study was conducted post hoc, careful considerations need to be taken when taking the results at face value, considering potential flaws in the sampling frame and the power of the tests. Implications: The findings in this study would serve as a platform for future references on graduates or tracer study, more specifically public relations graduates, as it provides a starting point for measuring graduates’ performances. As the database provides more data with more graduates in future years, an updated finding of this particular study would be very important to measure how well graduates fare post-graduation.

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confidence: 99%

Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

Lukman

Rizal

Tiara

2023

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“…Encouraging internships is one way to promote industry knowledge and experience. One study [Sandvig et al, 2005] showed that internship experience is the single most influential factor for predicting starting salary for IS graduates, much more important than either GPA or the strength of the job market. The study found that internship experience is particularly important during weak job markets.…”

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confidence: 99%

IT Workforce Trends: Implications For IS Programs

Abraham

Beath²,

Bullen³

et al. 2006

CAIS

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Findings in an IT workforce study support the emphasis of business content espoused by IS curriculum guidelines. Business domain and project management skills are critical to keep in house while technical skills were cited as the top skills sourced. Paradoxically, technical skills are those cited for entry-level positions. We discuss the issues raised by these findings and recommend several approaches for IS programs to consider. IS programs must offer a functionally integrated curriculum and deliver it in an experiential business context. We provide several examples of innovative pedagogical approaches and industry alliances which demonstrate mechanisms to provide students with a stronger business orientation in applying IT. We recommend a more proactive approach to enrollment including better promotion of IS programs.

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“…Along those lines, many scholars in the IS community have identified and described a crisis in the field. Several papers have offered explanations for the crisis [e.g., Benbasat and Zmud 1999;Davenport 1999;Markus 1999;Watson et al 2000;Alter 2003;Hirschheim and Klein 2003;DeSanctis 2003;Sandvig et al 2005;Hirschheim 2006;Neufeld et al 2007].…”

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“…of offshoring agreements needed to be incorporated in the IS curriculum in addition to strengthening the understanding of contemporary technologies and assessing their application suitability in specific business process contexts. Systems [e.g., DeSanctis 2003;Galliers 2003;Davis et al 2006;Hirschheim 2006] and in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems [e.g., Lucas 1999;Watson et al 2000;Ives et al 2002;Alter 2003;George et al 2005;Markus 2005;Sandvig et al 2005;Abraham et al 2006;Cederlung et al 2007;Looney and Akbulut 2007;Neufeld et al 2007]. The AIS should encourage its members to offer further educational articles about IS content.…”

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Offshoring and its Implications for the Information Systems Discipline: Where Perception Meets Reality

Hirschheim¹,

Loebbecke²,

Newman³

et al. 2007

CAIS

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The shrinking student numbers in IS programs in developed countries have created a crisis for the IS profession. In this paper, we explore how offshoring is affecting the IS discipline both directly and indirectly and show some of the major causes behind the relocation of IS work. Our primary message is that while offshoring has impacted the location of some IS tasks, this has not led to the demise of the field. Indeed, in contrast to the public conception, the statistics show there are more IS jobs now than ever before in developed countries. We explore what can be done to better prepare the field for the offshoring challenge and to align the rather negative public perception of the future of the IS field with reality. While simple IS tasks such as coding can be commoditized and are therefore vulnerable to offshoring, other significant pieces of IS work (e.g., business modeling/IS business analysis) are "customer-facing" with high levels of complexity. The latter are less vulnerable to commoditization and consequently less likely to be offshored. We recommend that the academic IS community focuses more on producing these customer-facing IS personnel that organizations will increasingly look for. We offer some suggestions for stakeholder groups in the field to address the key challenges they face.

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Determinants of Graduating MIS Students Starting Salary in Boom and Bust Job Markets

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

IT Workforce Trends: Implications For IS Programs

Offshoring and its Implications for the Information Systems Discipline: Where Perception Meets Reality

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