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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.

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