TY - GEN
T1 - Choosing IT as a career
T2 - 31st International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2010
AU - Joshi, K. D.
AU - Kvasny, Lynette
AU - McPherson, Sterling
AU - Trauth, Eileen
AU - Kulturel-Konak, Sadan
AU - Mahar, Jan
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Understanding the factors which shape students' IT career choices will allow educators to design recruitment and retention strategies to tackle the enrolment challenges. The objective of this research-in-progress is to explore the effects of two such factors, i.e., IT skills Self-efficacy (SE) and IT Skills Importance, on students' attraction to IT careers. A survey methodology was used to achieve the aforementioned objective. Undergraduate students enrolled in IT courses at two large U.S. public universities were surveyed. This study makes a contribution to the field of IT education in multiple ways. First it develops scales for two beliefs which are crucial in capturing students' attraction to IT careers. Second, it provides insights into students' perceptions regarding the importance of various IT skills. Third, it posits a preliminary model which helps in our understanding of how students' personal perceptions regarding the importance of IT skills affect SE beliefs and career intentions.
AB - Understanding the factors which shape students' IT career choices will allow educators to design recruitment and retention strategies to tackle the enrolment challenges. The objective of this research-in-progress is to explore the effects of two such factors, i.e., IT skills Self-efficacy (SE) and IT Skills Importance, on students' attraction to IT careers. A survey methodology was used to achieve the aforementioned objective. Undergraduate students enrolled in IT courses at two large U.S. public universities were surveyed. This study makes a contribution to the field of IT education in multiple ways. First it develops scales for two beliefs which are crucial in capturing students' attraction to IT careers. Second, it provides insights into students' perceptions regarding the importance of various IT skills. Third, it posits a preliminary model which helps in our understanding of how students' personal perceptions regarding the importance of IT skills affect SE beliefs and career intentions.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870957503
SN - 9780615418988
T3 - ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems
BT - ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems
Y2 - 12 December 2010 through 15 December 2010
ER -