Exploring the characteristics of an IT professional's employment arrangement

Authors:
Sandra K. Newton;J. Ellis Blanton;Stephen C. Wingreen
Affiliations:
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA;University of South Florida, Tampa, FL;Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
Year:
2007

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Abstract

There are a variety of employment arrangements commonly held by IT professionals. This exploratory analysis provides an initial background for continuing investigation into IT professionals' varied employment arrangements. Significant differences were found among the 21 employment arrangement characteristics provided each of the 258 surveyed IT professionals. The study revealed that permanent full-time employees view their employment arrangement characteristics differently from independent contractors and contract company workers. Permanent part-time employees view their employment arrangement characteristics differently from permanent full-time employees, but are more similar to permanent full-time than independent contractors and contract company workers. These results provide practitioner relevance to sourcing and managerial issues of IT professionals.