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Understanding career commitment of IT professionals: Perspectives of push–pull–mooring framework and investment model

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Using push–pull–mooring framework and investment model as theoretical lenses, this study provides a compelling theoretical model that helps understand the important antecedents of career commitment of IT professionals. Especially, we examined the moderating role of IT career tenure. Data to test the hypotheses were drawn from a cross-sectional field study of MIS departments from top-1000 large-scale companies in Taiwan. The results generally supported the research model. Career satisfaction was the most important determinant of career commitment, followed by professional self-efficacy, threat of professional obsolescence and career investment. The moderating analysis revealed distinct patterns that IT professionals seemed to hold different attitudes about the careers at different stages. The career attitudes of senior IT professionals were largely driven by push factors. On the contrary, the expelling forces which driving people away from their current careers (push effects) and personal inhibitors and facilitators (mooring effects) seemed equally important to junior IT professionals on their attitudes toward committing to the IT career. Insight and implications on management strategy for IT/HR managers are discussed.

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  • Fu, Jen-Ruei, 2011. "Understanding career commitment of IT professionals: Perspectives of push–pull–mooring framework and investment model," International Journal of Information Management, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 279-293.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ininma:v:31:y:2011:i:3:p:279-293
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.08.008
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