Revisiting technical workers: professional and organizational identities in the software industry

Marks, A. and Scholarios, D.M. (2007) Revisiting technical workers: professional and organizational identities in the software industry. New Technology, Work and Employment, 22 (2). pp. 98-117. ISSN 0268-1072 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00193.x)

Abstract

This paper eradicates some of the myths of software workers as prototypes of the knowledge worker. Based on qualitative and quantitative research conducted in five Information Technology (IT) organisations, it examines how the factors of education, skill level and work role determine the opportunities presented to these workers, and how they are associated with differing levels of organisational identity. At the same time, the data reveal a consistently high professional identity, regardless of work role and qualifications.

ORCID iDs

Scholarios, D.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-3016

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	7707
  Dates:	Date Event 20 June 2007 Published
  Keywords:	software worker, software industry, knowledge worker, information technology, work role, skill level, Management. Industrial Management, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management
  Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Work, Organisation and Employment
  Depositing user:	Strathprints Administrator
  Date deposited:	15 Mar 2009 16:41
  Last modified:	19 May 2023 01:18
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/7707