Motivational factors of pro-environmental behaviors among information technology professionals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Green Human Resource Management

Abstract Following research on the significance of employees’ behaviors in a firm’s environmental initiatives, this study explores the motivational factors that influence information technology (IT) professionals’ pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Based on the self-determination theory (SDT), autonomous and controlled motivations were posited as determinants of PEBs, and the green human resource management (GHRM) literature was integrated to examine the direct and indirect effects of GHRM practices. The hypothesized model was tested using data collected from 333 IT professionals in Malaysia. The results supported the view that autonomous motivation and GHRM practices have significant effects on PEBs. Furthermore, GHRM was a significant moderator of the effects of autonomous motivation on PEBs. On the contrary, the hypotheses that controlled motivation had a constraining effect, and GHRM has a moderating effect on PEBs were not supported. The present findings demonstrate that IT professionals’ PEBs are associated with environmental practices based on interest and value. Thus, this study extends the SDT by incorporating GHRM literature to deepen the understanding of the motivational factors of PEBs among a sample of IT professionals.

The Relationship Between Role Variables and Turnover Intentions Among IT Professionals

2011 ◽  
pp. 264-281
Author(s):  
Patrick Chang Boon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Retention Strategies ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Organizational Tenure ◽  
The Relationship

Results from prior studies have indicated that role ambiguity and role conflict are sometimes directly related to turnover intentions among information technology professionals, but sometimes they are not. The purpose of this research is to provide possible explanations for these discrepant results. This study hypothesized that the relationships between role variables and turnover intentions are moderated by (a) achievement need strength and (b) organizational tenure. These hypotheses were tested using data from a questionnaire survey. The results showed that achievement need strength moderates the relationship between role variables and turnover intentions, and organizational tenure moderates the relationship between role ambiguity and turnover intentions. One implication of these results is that moderating variables may help to clarify inconsistent findings in prior research. Another implication is that employers should take into consideration the effects of moderating variables when designing retention strategies.

scholarly journals Navigating the gender structure in information technology: How does this affect the experiences and behaviours of women?

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etlyn J Kenny ◽  
Rory Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Male Dominance ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Women's Careers ◽  
Women’S Careers ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Insight Into

How do women, outnumbered and outranked, navigate work and careers in information technology? Only one in six information technology (IT) specialists in the UK is female. Such extreme male dominance potentially gives rise to a gender structure that affects women’s experiences of IT work. Using data from interviews with 57 technically skilled female IT professionals, we examine how women orient this gender structure and how they make sense of their gender identities as women working in IT. Our findings elucidate how the IT gender structure shapes women’s careers in this field of work. They reveal how women use their agency to assert notions of femininity into technical careers, disentangle narratives around whether women have unique and different (but less technically focused) strengths in IT and interface with ‘geek’ and ‘nerd’ identities to achieve successful IT careers. In doing so, they provide insight into how technical women continue careers within a structure that externalises them through gender norms. This understanding can be used to aid efforts to retain women within IT as well as other fields facing similar challenges.

scholarly journals What motivates IT professionals? Case of Latvia

2021 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02013
Author(s):  
Svetlana Gribanova
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Job Expectations ◽  
New Concepts

For successful motivation of professionals, it is important to understand accurately their goals, values and job expectations. Theories of motivation suggest different motives to improve productivity, but their effectiveness is not sufficiently validated in case of IT professionals. This study uses empirical data from online surveys of information technology professionals. The purpose of the study is to identify the factors that motivate professionals to work more efficiently, initiatively and productively. The results of the study show that to effectively solve the problem of motivating IT professionals, it is useful to use different theories of motivation, combine these theories and construct new concepts of motivation.

Educating IT Professionals Using Effective Online, Pedagogical, and Scheduling Techniques

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Hsu ◽  
Karin Hamilton ◽  
John Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
It Professionals

Information technology professionals comprise an important segment of adult learners seeking a four-year undergraduate degree, and it is important to provide programs that address not only the conceptual and theoretical, but also adult learning needs in terms of career orientation and practicality together with providing real-life applications relevant to the needs of the IT job marketplace. The techniques of employing distance learning, providing modular and practical learning segments, emphasizing adult-oriented learning preferences, engaging users toward learning, and providing appropriate course schedules and sequencing are discussed in the context of an actual adult learner program. This program integrates job and career-oriented needs with that of a well-rounded business education. Examples and illustrations are provided to illustrate how an adult-oriented program was customized to provide needs important to adult learners and IT professionals, with the objective of producing superior and useful learning results.

Competence of Information Technology Professionals in Internet-Based Ventures

2009 ◽  
pp. 1905-1919
Author(s):  
Tobias Kollmann ◽  
Matthias Häsel
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
It Governance ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Competence Model ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Different Dimensions

This chapter articulates the knowledge and skills required by IT professionals in young Internet-based firms. Building on the general IT governance principle of aligning business and IT, it introduces an adequate competence model, outlines its dimensions, and suggests a framework for modeling the effects of factors internal and external to the firm on the value propositions of the different dimensions. The authors hope that a comprehensive understanding of the role of ITrelated competence will assist founders not only in finding suitable partners, but also in aligning e-business strategy and information technology in Internet-based ventures.

Educating IT Professionals Using Effective Online, Pedagogical, and Scheduling Techniques

2012 ◽  
pp. 109-126
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Hsu ◽  
Karin Hamilton ◽  
John Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
It Professionals

Information technology professionals comprise an important segment of adult learners seeking a four-year undergraduate degree, and it is important to provide programs that address not only the conceptual and theoretical, but also adult learning needs in terms of career orientation and practicality together with providing real-life applications relevant to the needs of the IT job marketplace. The techniques of employing distance learning, providing modular and practical learning segments, emphasizing adult-oriented learning preferences, engaging users toward learning, and providing appropriate course schedules and sequencing are discussed in the context of an actual adult learner program. This program integrates job and career-oriented needs with that of a well-rounded business education. Examples and illustrations are provided to illustrate how an adult-oriented program was customized to provide needs important to adult learners and IT professionals, with the objective of producing superior and useful learning results.

scholarly journals Leader Power, Conflict Handling Styles, and Subordinate Compliance: A Study on Information Technology Professionals in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-35
Author(s):  
Ada T. Cenkci
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Power Bases ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Conflict Management Styles ◽  
Referent Power ◽  
Legitimate Power ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Conflict Handling ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of leaders’ power bases and styles of handling conflict on subordinate behavioral and attitudinal compliance. Convenience sampling was used, and 353 information technology (IT) professionals in Turkey participated in the survey. The outcomes revealed that leaders’ cooperative and dominating conflict management styles (CMSs), “expert and referent power”, and legitimate power positively influence subordinates’ behavioral compliance. In addition, “expert and referent power” and legitimate power positively affect attitudinal compliance, while avoiding and dominating CMSs negatively influence it. Overall, the results partially support the influence of leader power bases and styles of handling conflict on subordinate compliance. This study contributes to the literature by investigating the listed variables with a sample of IT professionals employed in various industries in Turkey. Organizations can utilize the study results to increase leadership effectiveness and to deliver better management of IT human capital.

Understanding Attitude Towards Green IT Among Professionals in IT Service SMEs in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
P. L. Gan ◽  
Imran Mahmud ◽  
T. Ramayah ◽  
Fatema Tuz Zuhora
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Pollution Index ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Green It ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
It Service ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
It Usage

Bangladesh is a least developed country which ranks 131 out of 132 in the environment pollution index. Currently, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) provide 70–80 percent of job opportunities in Bangladesh. Information technology (IT) is one of the industries providing highest employment in the country. The IT professionals' expertise plays an important role in influencing the firms' decisions regarding sustainability. The objective of this chapter is to develop a theoretical model to measure attitude towards green IT usage among IT professionals in Bangladesh. The model will be grounded on self-determination theory.

scholarly journals Project Planning, Project Success and Project Risk

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 219-225
Author(s):  
Shahwali Khan ◽  
Najmul Saher ◽  
Mohammad Sohail Yunis
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Technology Project ◽  
Planning Project ◽  
Different Dimensions

We are investigating the relation of project planning with project success and introduce project risk as a moderator. We examines how different dimensions (organizational, people, technical and technology, project management, economic and stakeholder) of project risk determine this relationship. A survey is carried out from information technology professionals from 20 registered firms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB). We find that overall project risk has significant moderation impact on the relation of project planning with project success. Information technology (IT) professionals of KPITB plan risk related project management. Technical, technological and economic aspects are detailed and insights on how other risk factors affect project success in IT sector include in the study. Our research highlights the significance of planning in the presence of risk.

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