IT Self-Employment : A Protean Career View
Abstract
IT self-employment is a growing trend. IS research however has mostly focused on careers of IT professionals in an organizational context. In this study, we use the Protean Career perspective to investigate reasons for the transition of IT professionals from organizational to self-employment in IT. Using eight waves of a longitudinal survey, we find that job satisfaction, growth need strength and IT human capital are positively associated with this career decision. We contribute to the literature on career mobility of IT professionals.
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Format
Conferences
Conference paper
Published
2023
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
ACM
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202409055825Use this for linking
Parent publication ISBN
979-8-4007-0094-1
Review status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1145/3579168.3632728
Conference
Computers and People Research Conference
Language
English
Is part of publication
SIGMIS-CPR '23 : Proceedings of the 2023 Computers and People Research Conference
Citation
- Shaikh, F. A., Setor, T. K., & Joseph, D. (2023). IT Self-Employment : A Protean Career View. In SIGMIS-CPR '23 : Proceedings of the 2023 Computers and People Research Conference. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3579168.3632728
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