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Revisiting technical workers: Professional and organisational identities in the software industry

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Abigail Marks

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Abstract

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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Author(s): Marks A, Scholarios D

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: New Technology, Work and Employment

Year: 2007

Volume: 22

Issue: 2

Pages: 98-117

Print publication date: 20/06/2007

Online publication date: 20/06/2007

ISSN (print): 0268-1072

ISSN (electronic): 1468-005X

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00193.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00193.x

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