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- Aramo-Immonen, Heli, 1964-, et al.
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Project Managers' Competence Identification
- 2011
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Ingår i: International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals. - : IGI Global. - 1947-3478 .- 1947-3486. ; 2:1, s. 33-47
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The objective of this article is to help align higher education of future project managers to the contemporary requirements of global project business. The perspective is project managers' competencies in knowledge intensive industry, such as in IT branch. In this paper, it is considered that a holistic view of competence self-evaluation helps to assess the current intentional change. The system introduced supports decision making by measuring and capturing the actual drivers designed specifically for the role of project manager. Generalizing the competence identification process appears to be more constructive than detailing about competence content itself. This study brings valuable and novel empirical data using a sample of students acting as project managers in Spain and a sample of experienced project managers from Finland. A number of possible future studies using the same experimental set up are apparent.
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- Liikamaa, Kirsi, et al.
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Replacing Project Managers in Information Technology Projects : Contradictions that Explain the Phenomenon
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals. - : IGI GLOBAL. - 1947-3478 .- 1947-3486. ; 6:3, s. 1-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- According to anecdotal evidence, project managers working on information technology (IT) projects are occasionally replaced, although the literature on information systems (IS) and project management (PM) makes little mention of it. With a view to narrowing this knowledge gap the authors examined the reasons behind the practice. The authors took an interpretive approach to the data gathering and analysis, and collected descriptions about replacing project managers (RPM) from interviews and questionnaires (n=43). The concept of contradiction served as a lens through which to identify the underlying reasons. Contradiction refers to statements asserting or expressing the opposite of another statement. The authors identified four contradictions explaining why RPM occurs in IT projects. These contradictions show that RPM appears to be a simplistic solution when there are more fundamental issues to consider. The implications extend to education, practice, and research in the context of IT project management.
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- Mijuskovic, Adriana, et al.
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Cloud Storage Privacy and Security User Awareness : a Comparative Analysis between Dutch and Macedonian Users
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals. - 1947-3478 .- 1947-3486. ; 7:3, s. 1-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There are many factors influencing the user awareness level of privacy and security concerns when storing data on the cloud. One such factor is the users’ cultural background, which has been an inspiration to many studies comparing various cultures. Along those lines, this paper compares the user awareness level between Dutch and Macedonian users, which has not been investigated before. An online study was conducted to measure users’ attitude towards privacy and security of data in the cloud-based systems. The research process was conducted by delivering an online survey to Computer Science students and employees working in different software companies in the Netherlands and Macedonia. The comparative analysis indicates that there are differences in user’s attitude towards storing private data in the cloud. The results of this paper demonstrate that Dutch compared to Macedonian users in general have higher level of awareness regarding the privacy and security of cloud storage.
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- Wallgren, Lars Göran
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Theory Y embedded in Theory X: The limited role of autonomy in decreasing perceived stress among IT consultants
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals. - : IGI Global. - 1947-3478 .- 1947-3486. ; 4:4, s. 1-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this cross-sectional study tests whether the direct effects and interaction effects of job demand and motivators affect the level of perceived stress among information technology (IT) consultants. A web-based questionnaire survey was conducted among 380 IT consultants at ten IT consultancy companies in Sweden. The results showed that job demands, autonomy, and motivators are important factors that explain perceived stress among the IT consultants. Those consultants with a high level of job demands and a low level of autonomy had a four times higher risk of perceived stress than the consultants with the theoretically lowest level of strain. However, the interaction effect of job demands/autonomy and the interaction effect of job demands/motivators on perceived stress were non-significant. It is suggested that IT consultants’ autonomy exists within the demands dictated by others - Theory Y embedded in Theory X. Future avenues for research are suggested
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