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Abstract Attracting and building details technological innovation (IT) specialists is amongst the best worries for organizations. Despite the fact that much analysis has been executed regarding the career behavior and attitudes of IT pros over the last 3 decades Windows 7 Home Premium Product Key, findings are inconclusive and contradictory. This suggests that a thing may be missing in how we examine this phenomenon. Almost all of this investigation is drawn from theories of inspiration Microsoft Office 2010 Key, very little examines the influence of social relationships on IT professionals' habits and attitude. Yet, social capital theory suggests that job habits and attitude may well be greatly influenced by these relationships. This suggests that IT professionals' social capital warrants empirical examination. The primary analysis question that this dissertation addresses is how social capital affects IT professionals' work attitude and habits including work satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior, career performance and turnover intention. The analysis model in this dissertation examines the influence of three aspects of social capital on IT professionals' work attitude and work habits: tie strength, the number of ties and the structural holes. Data were collected from 129 IT professionals from a range of jobs Office Pro Plus, organizations and industries. Results indicate that tie strength in the organization of an IT professional is positively related to career satisfaction. The number of ties outside an organization an IT professional has is also positively related to work performance. However Microsoft Office 2007 Key, hypotheses about organizational citizenship behavior and turnover intention are not supported. Several implications for organizational executives and managers are offered based on findings.
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Zhang, Lixuan
Creation Date: 2006-08 Partner(s): Collection(s): Usage