Revisiting technical workers: professional and organisational identities in the software industry
Marks, Abigail ; Scholarios, Dora
New Technology, Work and Employment
2007
22
2
July
98-117
computer industry ; information technology ; level of qualification ; skilled worker ; survey
Occupational qualification and job placement
English
Bibliogr.
"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."
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