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IT professional identity: needs, perceptions, and belonging

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  • Nita G Brooks
  • Cindy K Riemenschneider
  • Bill C Hardgrave
  • Anne M O'Leary-Kelly

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A theoretical model of professional identification is developed and empirically examined as a means to understanding information technology (IT) workers’ attachment to the IT profession. Professional identification represents oneness with or belonging to a profession and provides a unique means of investigating and evaluating the IT profession. Results from a survey of 305 IT workers indicate that professional identification is directly impacted by three factors: (1) the individual's need for professional identification; (2) the individual's perceived similarity to others in the IT profession; and (3) the individual's perceptions of the IT profession, signifying the importance of internalization to identification. Professional identification is also indirectly impacted by the public's perception of the IT profession.

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  • Nita G Brooks & Cindy K Riemenschneider & Bill C Hardgrave & Anne M O'Leary-Kelly, 2011. "IT professional identity: needs, perceptions, and belonging," European Journal of Information Systems, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 87-102, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjisxx:v:20:y:2011:i:1:p:87-102
    DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2010.48
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