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Recommended Citation: Brooks, N and W Ceccucci.  Student Identification with IT-Related Professions.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2007, v 24 (Pittsburgh): §1543. ISSN: 1542-7382.
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Student Identification with IT-Related Professions

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Nita Brooks    [a1] [a2]
Information Systems Management, School of Business
Quinnipiac University    [u1] [u2]
Hamden, Connecticut, USA    [c1] [c2]

Wendy Ceccucci    [a1] [a2]
Information Systems Management, School of Business
Quinnipiac University    [u1] [u2]
Hamden, Connecticut, USA    [c1] [c2]

The field of information systems has been bombarded by news that there are shortages of educated and qualified IS professionals. At the same time headlines in practitioner journals are showing that individuals are not entering IT-related degree programs. For the last few years, enrollments have been down in these programs across the United States. In order to explore this issue, this research project examines the identification that students have with IT-related degree programs. A field study was conducted that indicates students do identify with their chosen IT-related profession (major) and that this identification is related to both the similarity the student has with the profession prototype and with perceptions of the profession. A complete review of the study and implications are provided.

Keywords: student identification, information systems profession, enrollment, workforce

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