TY - GEN
T1 - A cultural perspective on individual choices of STEM education and subsequent occupations
AU - Kaarst-Brown, Michelle L.
AU - Guzman, Indira R.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Attention to health and maintenance of a skilled IT workforce is an issue that will not disappear any time in the near future. There is also multi-disciplinary support for a new cultural approach to understanding student attraction to specific IT educational programs and the IT occupation. This paper proposes a new cultural framework to study influences on, and the specific nature of IT cultural assumptions and values of students that affect attraction to information technology (IT) related Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, and careers. We integrate two cultural theories specific to IT: Kaarst-Brown's (1995) theory of underlying assumptions that reflect one of five specific "IT Cultural Archetypes," and Guzman's (2006) theory of IT Occupational Culture and Commitment. This paper presents theoretical foundations, an investigative model with propositions, a discussion of methodological considerations, and implications for research.
AB - Attention to health and maintenance of a skilled IT workforce is an issue that will not disappear any time in the near future. There is also multi-disciplinary support for a new cultural approach to understanding student attraction to specific IT educational programs and the IT occupation. This paper proposes a new cultural framework to study influences on, and the specific nature of IT cultural assumptions and values of students that affect attraction to information technology (IT) related Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, and careers. We integrate two cultural theories specific to IT: Kaarst-Brown's (1995) theory of underlying assumptions that reflect one of five specific "IT Cultural Archetypes," and Guzman's (2006) theory of IT Occupational Culture and Commitment. This paper presents theoretical foundations, an investigative model with propositions, a discussion of methodological considerations, and implications for research.
KW - is/it professionals
KW - it careers
KW - it culture
KW - it occupational culture
KW - it values
KW - occupational commitment
KW - stem education
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U2 - 10.1145/1796900.1796926
DO - 10.1145/1796900.1796926
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954582032
SN - 9781450300049
T3 - SIGMIS CPR'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference
SP - 55
EP - 65
BT - SIGMIS CPR'10 - Proceedings of the 2010 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference
T2 - 48th Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference, ACM SIGMIS CPR 2010
Y2 - 20 May 2010 through 22 May 2010
ER -