Information Technology Professionals’ Perceived Organizational Values and Managerial Ethics: An Empirical Study |
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Authors: | K Gregory Jin Ron Drozdenko Rick Bassett |
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Institution: | (1) Management Information Systems, Western Connecticut State University, Ancell School of Buisines, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810, USA;(2) Marketing, Western Connecticut State University, Ancell School of Buisines, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT, 06810, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | This paper summarizes the results of an analysis of empirical data on ethical attitudes of professionals and managers in relation
to organizational core values in the Information Technology (IT) industry. This study investigates the association between
key organizational values as independent variables and the ethical attitudes of IT managers as dependent variables. The study
also delves into differences among IT non-managerial professionals, mid-level managers, and upper-level managers in their
ethical attitudes and perceptions. Research results indicated that IT professionals from mechanistic organizations were much
more likely to report – compared to those from organic organizations – that managers in their corporate environment engage
in behaviors considered unethical and that successful managers were more unethical relative to unsuccessful managers. There
were significant differences between the upper-level managers and the mid-level managers and between the mid-level managers
and the IT non-managerial professionals on certain key ethical issues. This paper discusses the conceptual framework, hypotheses,
research methodology, data analysis, implications of the findings, and suggested areas of further research.
K. Gregory Jin, D.B.A, is Professor of the MIS Department, Ancell School of Business, Western, Connecticut State University.
He has published numerous conference papers, chapters, and articles in such areas as MIS professional ideology and ethics,
communication and control, behavioral issues in information systems development, role of IT and human factors in business
process reengineering, service learning in database design, systems theory, MIS participant action research strategy, and
political factors in IT management. He has more than twenty years of MIS administrative and professional experiences. He holds
a D.B.A. in Information Technology Management from George Washington University. He is a member of the Association of Information
Technology Professionals and a former member of DSI.
Ronald G. Drozdenko, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Marketing Department, Ancell School of Business, Western Connecticut
State University. He is also the founding Director of the Center for Business Research at the Ancell School. Dr. Drozdenko
has co-directed more than 100 proprietary research projects since 1978 for the marketing and research and development departments
of several corporations, including major multinationals. These projects were in the areas of strategic planning, marketing
research, product development, direct marketing, and marketing database analysis. Dr. Drozdenko co-authored Optimal Database Marketing: Strategy, Development and Data Mining and also has published professional and academic articles and book chapters. He holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology
from the University of Missouri and is a member of the American Marketing Association, the Society for Consumer Psychology,
and the Academy of Marketing Sciences.
Richard A. Bassett, D.P.S, is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at Western Connecticut State University.
He was founder and CEO of Bassett Computer Systems, Inc. for 17 years where he was involved with the design and implementation
of information systems for hundreds for small and midsized businesses. He has authored several papers and articles in such
areas as web-design as a web-master, web-based course design, the security threats and concerns faced by telecommuters, minimal
steps required to secure a Local Area Network and the technology decision challenges which growing companies face. He is actively
involved with technology endeavors of numerous nonprofit organizations including: The Children’s Center, Bridges of Milford,
North Haven Rotary, Communicare, and the Amber Alert System. He holds a D.P.S. in Computing from Pace University. |
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Keywords: | Organizational values managerial ethics information technology professionals mechanistic and organic organizations |
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