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IT professionals and organisational ascendancy: theory and empirical critique
Author(s) -
Rose Michael
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/1468-005x.00102
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , asset (computer security) , sociology , empirical research , psychology , public relations , social psychology , epistemology , political science , philosophy , computer security , computer science
IT expertise cannot be viewed as a decisive asset in organisational tournaments. Survey findings suggest IT competence is associated with severe handicaps in power contests between professional/managerial strata. At least for the present, there are strongly negative implications for hypotheses of organisational ascendancy for IT professionals or for their successful achievement of a collective mobility project.