Paper Info
Title
Understanding Boundaryless IT Professionals: An Investigation of Personal Characteristics, Career Mobility, and Career Success
Abstract
ABSTRACTShifts in the evaluation of career success and an increase in boundary-spanning activities in the IT profession pave the way for new career models in IT. Instead of opting for a technical or managerial career in IT, more and more IT professionals follow boundaryless career forms, i.e. IT careers that do not correspond to a horizontal career path but allow career transitions between organizations and sectors. To better understand this trend, we examine three boundaryless IT professional groups-late-entry IT professionals, boomerang IT professionals, and IT leavers. Investigating German socio-economic panel data, we examine their personal characteristics, career mobility patterns, and career success factors. We find a high proportion of IT professionals following boundaryless careers, demonstrating that IT is becoming increasingly open to transition from and to other sectors. We also discuss the high proportion of women in boundaryless IT careers, thus illustrating alternative career paths for women in IT. Finally, we show that boundaryless IT professionals tend to have a higher workload in IT jobs than in non-IT jobs, yet, simultaneously, earn more and exhibit higher life satisfaction. Our study contributes to a better understanding of boundaryless IT careers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3458026.3462162
CPR
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Barbara Prommegger102.03
Daniyal Arshad200.34
Helmut Krcmar32464373.50