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- Source :
- ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems. 52:77-95
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021.
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Abstract
- This study seeks to broaden our understanding of the popular, yet under-researched, concept of micromanagement in the IT workforce by exploring IT professionals' trust in the competence of their supervisor as an antecedent to their perceptions of being micromanaged. The study also explores whether felt responsibility is the mechanism via which micromanagement negatively affects IT professionals' job satisfaction and organizational commitment, both proximal factors of turnover. These relationships are explored under the aegis of the Management Control Systems models, leader-member exchange theory, and the job characteristics model. Results indicate that trust in supervisor competence is a significant antecedent to IT professionals' perceptions of being micromanaged and that felt responsibility fully mediates the relationship between micromanagement and organizational commitment. The findings underscore the importance of building IT professionals' trust in their supervisor's competence and suggest that organizations proactively provide early intervention to negate the potential adverse impact on organizational outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Micromanagement
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
Computer Networks and Communications
business.industry
Organizational commitment
Public relations
Management Information Systems
Antecedent (grammar)
Social exchange theory
Workforce
Job satisfaction
business
Psychology
Competence (human resources)
Management control system
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15320936 and 00950033
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........375594a6a07f2db31c47be793c1ce9e7