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Recommended Citation: Ritzhaupt, A D, K Umapathy, and L Jamba.  Computing Professional Association Membership: An Exploration of Membership Needs and Motivations.  In The Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research 2008, v 1 (Phoenix): §3524. ISSN: 0000-0000. (A later version appears in Journal of Information Systems Applied Research 1(4). ISSN: 1946-1836.)
 
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Computing Professional Association Membership: An Exploration of Membership Needs and Motivations

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Albert D. Ritzhaupt    [a1] [a2]
Watson School of Education
University of North Carolina Wilmington    [u1] [u2]
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA    [c1] [c2]

Karthikeyan Umapathy    [a1] [a2]
School of Computing
University of North Florida    [u1] [u2]
Jacksonville, Florida, USA    [c1] [c2]

Lisa Jamba    [a1] [a2]
School of Computing
University of North Florida    [u1] [u2]
Jacksonville, Florida, USA    [c1] [c2]

Computing professionals have several options in terms of professional association membership. Thus, computing professional associations need a reliable system for effectively measuring factors that influence their membership. To that end, we describe the development of the Ideal Computing Professional Association Survey (ICPAS) and present the descriptive results and measures of reliability of the first major data collection (N=220) effort using ICPAS within the Association of Information Technology Professionals. The ICPAS incorporates seven domains related to individual membership in professional associations: career enhancing opportunities; information access and dissemination services; professional networking opportunities; communication services; leadership and community service opportunities; advocacy services and opportunities; and member discount services. Recommendations are made to national, regional, and chapter leadership in light of the results.

Keywords: professional associations, membership, information systems, computer science, information technology, AITP, motivations

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