Managing High-Achieving Information Systems Professionals

The research reported here is part of an ongoing longitudinal study of career maturation and progression involving a national sample of information system (lIS) professionals. The present study describes the job characteristic preferences and self-described personal attributes and work traits (depen...

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Published in:Journal of management information systems 1993-04, Vol.9 (4), p.103-120
Main Authors: Smits, Stanley J., McLean, Ephraim R., Tanner, John R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Behavior
Career advancement
career progression
Differences
gender or sex differences
Grade point average
high performing personnel
Human resource management
Information management
Information storage and retrieval systems
Information systems
information systems professionals
Job design
Longitudinal studies
Management information systems
managing high achievers
Men
Motivation
Personality traits
personnel management
Professionals
Questionnaires
Special Section: Computer Personnel Research
Students
Studies
Success
Tanneries
Theory
Universities
Variables
Women
Work environment
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Summary:The research reported here is part of an ongoing longitudinal study of career maturation and progression involving a national sample of information system (lIS) professionals. The present study describes the job characteristic preferences and self-described personal attributes and work traits (dependent variables) of persons entering I/S careers with three levels of demonstrated academic achievement (independent variable). A second analysis combined the respondents' sex and level of achievement to create a gender-sensitive independent variable. While high achievers enter the workplace with distinguishing work-related profiles, the results suggest that the commonalities among high-achieving females and males vastly overshadow their differences. The results are discussed in terms of recruitment, socialization, and commitment, motivation and performance, and career progression.
ISSN:0742-1222
1557-928X
DOI:10.1080/07421222.1993.11517981