NDLI: An evaluation of factors affecting professional obsolescence of information technology professionals

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Trimmer, K.J. Blanton, J.E. Schambach, T.
Copyright Year	1998
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA (Trimmer, K.J.)
Abstract	Design and development of effective information technology (IT) based systems depends upon a staff of competent information technology professionals (ITPs). Due to the rapid pace of technological innovation, diverging application of IT, and changing role responsibilities of ITPs, it is becoming increasingly difficult for ITPs to maintain up-to-date professional competency. Recent research suggests that, because of outmoded knowledge and skill deficiencies among their IT staff, some firms purposely forgo implementation of emergent technologies. Although not previously examined in IT research, professional obsolescence threats have been acknowledged and evaluated in referent research. Psychologists studying the engineering discipline have suggested individual characteristics, nature of work, and organizational climate as being important determinants of obsolescence. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the relationships between manageable work context factors and degree of professional competency, or conversely obsolescence of ITPs. Structural equation modeling is employed in evaluating the plausibility of the direct-effects model of professional competency. This field study used questionnaires to obtain 161 usable self-report responses from systems analysts. Validity of self-reports were verified using cross-reference ratings from respondents supervisors. The results of this study suggest that individual personality differences and factors of the work environment do effect professional competency levels. Overall, the research model accounted for 44% of the variance in information technologist professional competency.
Starting Page	406
Ending Page	414
File Size	778151
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818682558
DOI	10.1109/HICSS.1998.654800
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1998-01-09
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Information technology Technological innovation Computational Intelligence Society Psychology Equations Computer aided software engineering Environmental economics Knowledge management Problem-solving Programming profession
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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