The joint impact of internal and external career anchors on entry-level IS career satisfaction

    Authors

    J. J. Jiang; G. Klein;J. L. Balloun

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Inf. Manage.

    Keywords

    career satisfaction; internal career anchors; external career; opportunities; MIS; Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library; Science; Management

    Abstract

    Career (or,yob) satisfaction is recognized as an indicator of employee turnover. It is also well known that certain internal anchors play a role in predicting the career satisfaction of information system (IS) professionals. Researchers have speculated on the influence of external opportunities on career satisfaction, but none have empirically tested the premise that both internal and external anchors better predict the career satisfaction of IS professionals in the entry-level stage. A sample of IS professionals supports the use of both anchors in improving career satisfaction, and, hopefully, employee turnover. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Information & Management

    Volume

    39

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2001

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    31

    Last Page

    39

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000171199200003

    ISSN

    0378-7206

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