TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting technical workers
T2 - Professional and organisational identities in the software industry
AU - Marks, Abigail
AU - Scholarios, Dora
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - 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. © 2007 The Authors; Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
AB - 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. © 2007 The Authors; Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00193.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00193.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0268-1072
VL - 22
SP - 98
EP - 117
JO - New Technology, Work and Employment
JF - New Technology, Work and Employment
IS - 2
ER -