An empirical study of occupational stress, attitudes and health among information systems personnel
Information and Management
MIS careers—a theoretical perspective
Communications of the ACM
Stress dynamics of information systems managers: a contingency model
Journal of Management Information Systems
The reasons for turnover of information systems personnel
Information and Management
Requirements specification: learning object, process, and data methodologies
Communications of the ACM
Changes in motivation of I.S. managers—comparison over a decade
Information Resources Management Journal
An examination of the correlates of burnout in information systems professionals
Information Resources Management Journal
Occupational stress, attitudes, and health problems in the information systems professional
Communications of the ACM
Climbing the smalltalk mountain
ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
Communications of the ACM
Explaining Software Developer Acceptance of Methodologies: A Comparison of Five Theoretical Models
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Research Commentary: Transformational Issues in Researching IS and Net-Enabled Organizations
Information Systems Research
Improving software team productivity
Communications of the ACM - New architectures for financial services
Assessing information technology personnel: toward a behavioral rating scale
ACM SIGMIS Database
Person-Job Cognitive Style Fit for Software Developers: The Effect on Strain and Performance
Journal of Management Information Systems
The cognitive consequences of object-oriented design
Human-Computer Interaction
Patterns of Transition: The Shift from Traditional to Object-Oriented Development
Journal of Management Information Systems
Occupational stress and IT personnel in Singapore: factorial dimensions and differential effects
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information management during systems development: a model for improvement in productivity
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information Resources Management Journal
Proceedings of the 49th SIGMIS annual conference on Computer personnel research
Challenges and barriers facing women in the IS workforce: how far have we come?
Proceedings of the 49th SIGMIS annual conference on Computer personnel research
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Technological changes ripple through information technology (IT) development environments. IT professionals must often incorporate these changes into their job or risk obsolescence. This paper looks at the effects of technological change, and focuses on job environment conditions which affect individual performance, health, and well-being by applying person-job fit theory to software developers that have moved to an object-oriented development approach. Heretofore, the literature on person-job fit has viewed its effects statically, disregarding the effects of change. The current research recognizes the dynamics of the IT workplace and investigates the impact of a rapidly changing job environment on individual IT workers by including a comparison of fit at two different points in time. Results indicate that for a change in job environment, individuals whose professional needs match what is supplied by the job fare better in terms of strain and performance. By devoting attention to supplying IT workers who are facing increasing amounts of change with job environment dimensions these workers need, managers are able to direct their efforts toward the job environment dimensions that may improve worker performance and reduce the ill-effects of stress and strain. This, in turn, may have positive effects on overall system development. This study provides insights for managers regarding the pressures felt by software developers moving to a new development environment, and contributes to the person-job fit literature by incorporating a technological change in job environment.