IT skills in the context of BigCo.

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Sawyer ◽  
K. R. Eschenfelder ◽  
Andrew Diekema ◽  
Charles R. McClure
Keyword(s):  
It Skills

Information Technology Skills and Labor Market Outcomes for Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilal Atasoy ◽  
Rajiv D. Banker ◽  
Paul A. Pavlou
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
It Use ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
It Training ◽  
It Skills

Job erosion is a major concern globally, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. Unemployment and low wages remain pressing societal challenges in the wake of increased automation, more so for traditionally disadvantaged groups in the labor market, such as women, minorities, and the elderly. However, workers who possess relevant information technology (IT) skills may have an edge in an increasingly digital economy. In this study, we examine the role of IT skills in labor market outcomes for workers, using a household IT use survey from an emerging economy that captures detailed, individual-level data on IT skills, which are also integrated with data on workers’ wages, occupations, and industries between 2007 and 2015. The results indicate that basic IT skills increase individuals’ employment probability, which is driven by both higher labor force participation and a higher probability of transitioning from unemployment to employment, after accounting for the decision to participate in the workforce. Advanced IT skills do not provide a significant incremental effect on employment probability on top of basic IT skills. However, having advanced IT skills helps workers to earn higher wages while incrementally increasing the probability that they are employed in higher-paid jobs. Interestingly, the effect of basic IT skills on employment is significantly larger for the female and older workforce that typically has a higher preference for flexible work options. These results emphasize the importance of providing necessary IT access and offering basic IT training to traditionally disadvantaged groups to close the IT skills gap and the digital divide. We offer implications for the future of work, education, and public policy for designing IT training policies for workers, students, and organizations to stimulate employment with higher wages, particularly in developing economies and for traditionally disadvantaged segments of the workforce, such as women and the elderly, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic.

IT skills in a tough job market

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bipin Prabhakar ◽  
Charles R. Litecky ◽  
Kirk Arnett
Keyword(s):  
Job Market ◽  
It Skills

scholarly journals The Role of Job Satisfaction in Turnover and Turn-away Intention of IT Staff in South Africa

10.28945/4267 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 077-097
Author(s):  
Brenda M Scholtz ◽  
Jean-Paul Van Belle ◽  
Kennedy Njenga ◽  
Alexander Serenko ◽  
Prashant Palvia
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Occupational Culture ◽  
Global View ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Organisational Factors ◽  
It Skills

Aim/Purpose: This study forms part of the World IT Project, which aims to gain a deeper understanding of individual, personal and organisational factors influencing IT staff in a modern, work environment. The project also aims to provide a global view that complements the traditional American/Western view. The purpose of this study is to investigate and report on some of these factors, in particular, the role that job satisfaction has in turnover intention (i.e., changing jobs within the IT industry) and turn-away intention (i.e., moving to another industry other than IT) in South Africa. Background: Several studies have reported on the importance of an employee’s job satisfaction to organisation success, and the various factors that influence it. Most studies on job satisfaction adopted a Westernised and not a global view. Very few empirical studies have been conducted on job satisfaction of IT workers in South Africa. This paper reports on the individual, personal and organisational factors that influence the job satisfaction of IT staff in South Africa. Methodology: The study uses statistical analysis of survey data acquired through the World IT Project. Both online and paper based questionnaires were used. A sample size of 301 respondents was obtained from the survey, which was conducted over a period of 6 months during 2017. The factors that influence IT job satisfaction were analysed using correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis and discriminant analysis. The factors investigated were employee and organisational demographics, aspects of occupational culture, and various job-related individual issues. Contribution: This paper presents the only study focused specifically on turnover and turn-away intention amongst IT staff in South Africa. The final proposed model, grounded in the empirical dataset, clearly shows job satisfaction as a strong mediating construct explaining most of the variance in the IT professional’s intention to leave the organisation (i.e. their turnover intention) and the industry (i.e. their turn-away intention). Findings: The findings revealed that there was a significant correlation between job satisfaction and turnover intention as well as between job satisfaction and turn-away intention of IT staff. Perceived professional self-efficacy, strain and experience were also highly correlated with turnover intention. Professional self-efficacy was also significantly correlated with turn-away intention. Based on the analyses that were conducted, a research model is presented that shows the relationships between the various antecedents of turnover and turn-away intention. Recommendations for Practitioners: Managers in organisations dealing with the shortage of IT skills can use the model to plan interventions to reduce IT staff turnover rates by focussing on addressing the identified individual issues such as strain, job (in)security and work load as well as the personal value and IT occupational culture issues. Recommendation for Researchers: Researchers in the field of IT staff recruitment and management can find value for their research in the proposed refined model of IT job satisfaction and turnover intention. Future research could possibly replicate the study in other countries or could focus on different factors. Impact on Society: IT skills play a crucial role in society today and are therefore in high demand. However, this demand is not being satisfied by the current rate of supply. Research into what factors influence IT staff to leave the organisation or the industry can assist managers with improving their employee relations and job conditions so as to reduce this turnover and increase organisations’ and society’s competitiveness and economic growth. Future Research: It would be interesting to determine if the findings are similar for a sample of smaller organisations and/or younger IT employees since this study focussed on larger organisations and more experienced staff. Future research could also compare the findings of South African organisations with those in other countries.

scholarly journals E-Textbook Technologies for Academics in Medical Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-176
Author(s):  
Anna Ren-Kurc ◽  
Magdalena Roszak ◽  
Iwona Mokwa-Tarnowska ◽  
Mirosława Kołowska-Gawiejnowicz ◽  
Jan Zych ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Technological Paradigm ◽  
It Skills

Abstract Public universities in Poland receive fairly limited financial support for creating e-textbooks (interactive online textbooks) and lack the appropriate ICT competences among teaching staff, especially in the case of non-technical universities. The authors propose a pedagogical and technological paradigm for e-textbooks in medical education using open source software with minimal IT skills required. Technologies used to develop e-textbooks are connected with: publication and distribution of e-textbooks, e-book readers, and editing tools. The paper also discusses a survey that targeted students of medical sciences, which focused on their understanding of their educational needs that can be met through new online resources as well as their expectations of how such e-textbooks should be like.

scholarly journals Editorial: Governance and regulation - Evidence at micro and macro level

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Author(s):  
Christos Kallandranis
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Business Cycles ◽  
Tax Policy ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Municipal Governance ◽  
Digital Disruption ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
It Skills

The recent volume is devoted to the issues of tax policy, competitiveness, digital disruption, the IT skills of graduates, the relationship between stock market and business cycles and municipal governance.

scholarly journals Case Study: Decline In CIS/IT Degree Enrollment At A Medium-Sized University

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Alan Davis ◽  
G. James Leone
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Student Enrollment ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Enrollment Trends ◽  
Department Of Labor ◽  
Robert Morris ◽  
Marked Decline ◽  
In Cis ◽  
It Skills

<p class="NormalNoIndent" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Within the past few years, colleges and universities in the United States and worldwide have noted a marked decline in the number of students enrolling in Computer and Information Systems (CIS) and Information Technology (IT) degree programs. With the potential for a rebounding U.S. economy, this shortage of new CIS and IT professionals gives cause for concern. The goal of the present research was to analyze CIS and IT enrollment trends at Robert Morris University and determine appropriate courses of action for meeting the anticipated demand for CIS/IT graduates. The study involved comparative and forecast analyses using actual student enrollment statistics and U.S. Department of Labor statistics. Forecast projections were determined out to and including the year 2013. The findings of the research suggest that CIS and IT degree enrollment at Robert Morris University lags associated employment trends in CIS/IT&ndash;related fields. Further, the findings parallel the analyses of other institutes of higher education, in which CIS/IT student enrollment projections are indicative of a shortage of information professionals over the next ten years. Based on the findings of the present study, the authors make several recommendations to Robert Morris University faculty and administration regarding strategies to address the ensuing CIS/IT skills gap.</span></span></p>

scholarly journals CORE & MORE – THE CONCEPT OF INTELLIGENT REPORTING FOR CORPORATE INFORMATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Kamil Mazurkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Abstract Thinking ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Corporate Reporting ◽  
The Core ◽  
Research Hypothesis ◽  
It Support ◽  
The Subject ◽  
It Skills ◽  
Corporate Information

This article deals with the problem of a new way of reporting corporate information – the Core & More concept. Its aim is to evaluate the Core & More concept as it relates to the increasing transparency of corporate reporting as well as to the transparency of information provided to stakeholders. On the basis of a critical review of the subject literature, reports of sector institutions and interviews with representatives of business practices, the research hypothesis was verified positively. Corporate reports that conform to the standards of the Core & More concept are more transparent and the information given to stakeholders is structured. The Core & More concept allows to derogate from the silo approach of reporting. It structures information, makes it more readable and more logical to understand. The implementation of this concept, however, requires reporting persons to use abstract thinking. Additionally, while creating reports, one should have both IT skills and IT support because this concept involves, to a large extent, the use of IT tools.

Solving the IT skills shortage

1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 180-180
Author(s):  
Terence Beckett
Keyword(s):  
Skills Shortage ◽  
It Skills

Reporting a User Study on a Visual Editor to Compose Rules in Active Documents

2014 ◽  
pp. 182-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Cabitza ◽  
Iade Gesso
Keyword(s):  
Medical Record ◽  
User Study ◽  
End Users ◽  
Visual Language ◽  
Visual Languages ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Specific Rule ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
It Skills

In the last years, researchers are exploring the feasibility of visual language editors in domain-specific domains where their alleged user-friendliness can be exploited to involve end-users in configuring their artifacts. In this chapter, the authors present an experimental user study conducted to validate the hypothesis that adopting a visual language could help prospective end-users of an electronic medical record define their own document-related local rules. This study allows them to claim that their visual rule editor based on the OpenBlocks framework can be used with no particular training as proficiently as with specific training, and it was found user-friendly by the user panel involved. Although the conclusions of this study cannot be broadly generalized, the findings are a preliminary contribution to show the importance of visual languages in domain-specific rule definition by end-users with no particular IT skills, like medical doctors are supposed to represent.

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