Do they pursue the same? A cross-culture research on career anchor of IT/IS personnel

Christina Ling Hsing Chang, Kathy Ning Shen, Liu Birdy

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Abstract

While career anchor has been mainly studied in US society; this study extends research to Chinese cultural context to investigate the implications of career anchor in terms of job/career satisfaction and subsequent turnover intention among information technology/information systems (IT/IS) personnel in Taiwan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) societies. Chinese guanxi culture could be plays key roles in shaping career anchor and in affecting employees' assessing their job/career and turnover decision. A survey study will be used for conducted to validate the hypotheses and compare the different with Taiwan and UAE two societies.

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems: Surfing the IT Innovation Wave, AMCIS 2016 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Aug 11 2016Aug 14 2016

Conference

Conference22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems: Surfing the IT Innovation Wave, AMCIS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period8/11/168/14/16

Keywords

  • Career anchor
  • Chinese guanxi culture
  • Job satisfaction
  • Turnover intention

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems

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