Proceedings of the 2010 Special Interest Group on Management Information System's 48th annual conference on Computer personnel research on Computer personnel research

Abstract

Welcome to the 48th Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference -- ACM SIGMIS CPR 2010. For forty-eight years, the CPR conference has presented quality research on the themes of managing the information technology (IT) workforce. This year's theme is "Preparing and Sustaining IT Professionals for Turbulent Careers in IT." The 2010 conference is the third, in its long history, which takes place outside the United States. It is timely that we, as a community, explore the current approaches to attracting and retaining IT professionals as these approaches have met with limited success. The turbulence in the global economy is leading to a shift in the demand and supply of IT professionals towards lower labor cost centers. Such shifts in the demand and supply IT professionals have, at the same time, changed the nature of IT work and approaches to attracting and retaining IT professionals in both low and high cost centers. The same is true for strategies to increase IT enrolments. Such global trends have implications on pedagogy, IT professional development and on the careers of prospective IT professionals. Towards this end, the papers in 48th Annual Computer Personnel Research Conference add to our collective understanding of issues in preparing and sustaining IT professionals for careers in the IT profession. The papers and panels within the proceedings cover topics such as project success and improving the practice of IT, as well as traditional CPR topics such as careers, competencies and turnover. Attesting to the global nature of the issues confronting the IT profession, these studies come from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.