Attracting young IT professionals: An empirical study using the theory of attractive quality

Oehlhorn CE, Maier C, Laumer S, Weitzel T (2019)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc

Pages Range: 85-93

Conference Proceedings Title: SIGMIS-CPR 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Computers and People Research Conference

Event location: Nashville, TN US

ISBN: 9781450360883

DOI: 10.1145/3322385.3322393

Abstract

Attracting and recruiting qualified information technology (IT) professionals remains one key issue for executives for numerous years. The so-called war for IT talent illustrates the hard competition of employers for well-educated IT professionals who develop and advance future technologies. Thus, employers are required to court the young professionals’ attention to recruit the best of them. Previous research lists certain attractiveness attributes but leaves their interrelations open. We therefore evaluate established attractiveness attributes referring to the Theory of Attractive Quality. To answer the research question ‘What attracts young IT professionals to an employer?’ we conduct an empirical study surveying 223 young IT professionals and evaluate 24 attractiveness attributes that employers should or even need to provide in order to recruit young IT professionals.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sven Laumer Schöller Endowed Chair for Information Systems (Digitalization in Business and Society)

Involved external institutions

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Oehlhorn, C.E., Maier, C., Laumer, S., & Weitzel, T. (2019). Attracting young IT professionals: An empirical study using the theory of attractive quality. In SIGMIS-CPR 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 Computers and People Research Conference (pp. 85-93). Nashville, TN, US: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.

MLA:

Oehlhorn, Caroline E., et al. "Attracting young IT professionals: An empirical study using the theory of attractive quality." Proceedings of the 56th Association of Computing Machinery Annual Computers and People Research Conference, ACM SIGMIS-CPR 2019, Nashville, TN Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019. 85-93.

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