Abstract

In this chapter, we provide important information technology (IT) issues in China, such as organizational IT issues, technology issues, and individual issues. In the World IT Project survey, we recruited 310 IT workers in China. Most of the respondents were in their early career and worked full time in China's IT organizations. The findings show that the most important IT-related organizational issues are: IT reliability and efficiency, security and privacy, and IT strategic planning. Among technology issues, IT professionals identified the following issues as the top concerns: networks/telecommunications, big data systems, data mining, software as a service, and business intelligence/analytics. Most IT employees seem to be satisfied with their current jobs and felt a sense of accomplishment at work. Results further show that more than half of the IT workers would not change their jobs in the short term and felt secure in their current jobs. In addition, there were no significant work-life conflicts among the surveyed IT employees. © 2020 The Author(s).

Highlights

  • Information technology (IT) is advancing rapidly worldwide

  • Officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is a country located in East Asia with a population of 1.4 billion

  • The standard English instrument from the World IT Project was translated into Chinese by a research assistant and the Chinese version was back translated into English by another research assistant for assuring linguistic validity

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Chapter 6

Jie Yu∗,§, Yue Guo†,¶ and Prashant Palvia‡, ∗University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Yinzhou Qu, Ningbo Shi, Zhejiang Sheng 315105, China †King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK. Summary In this chapter, we provide important information technology (IT) issues in China, such as organizational IT issues, technology issues, and individual issues. In the World IT Project survey, we recruited 310 IT workers in China. Most of the respondents were in their early career and worked full time in China’s IT organizations. The findings show that the most important IT-related organizational issues are: IT reliability and efficiency, security and privacy, and IT strategic planning. Most IT employees seem to be satisfied with their current jobs and felt a sense of accomplishment at work. Results further show that more than half of the IT workers would not change their jobs in the short term and felt secure in their current jobs. There were no significant work–life conflicts among the surveyed IT employees

Introduction
Country Background and History
Information Technology in China
Methodology
Organizational IT Issues
Technology and Infrastructure Issues
Individual IT Employee Issues
Findings
Conclusion
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