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Information Technology Issues in South Africa

In: The World IT Project Global Issues in Information Technology

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  • Kennedy Njenga
  • Brenda Scholtz
  • Jean Paul van Belle
  • Alexander Serenko

Abstract

Many skilled information technology (IT) professionals working in South Africa understand that they work in a fast-changing environment. The emergent nature of IT, coupled with growing demands for new sets of IT skills in South Africa, has fostered a miscellany of employment issues in the IT profession at a higher percentage relative to other professions. Arguably, the antecedents that shape these issues in the profession are critical for managers in the industry. This chapter presents findings that are based on an investigation carried out in South Africa regarding the miscellany of organizational, technological, and individual issues that IT professionals face. Having a reliable and efficient IT infrastructure was by far the most highly ranked organizational issue. The most important technology issue as perceived by respondents was networking and telecommunications. Insights to these findings are discussed in this chapter.

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  • Kennedy Njenga & Brenda Scholtz & Jean Paul van Belle & Alexander Serenko, 2020. "Information Technology Issues in South Africa," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Prashant Palvia & Jaideep Ghosh & Tim Jacks & Alexander Serenko & Aykut Hamit Turan (ed.), The World IT Project Global Issues in Information Technology, chapter 31, pages 393-406, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811208645_0031
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    Keywords

    Global Information Technology; World IT View; Organizational Issues; Technological Issues; Individual IT Issues; National Culture; IT Occupational Culture; Organizational Factors; Survey;
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    JEL classification:

    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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