Stretching role breadth: Overachieving IT managers in underperforming IT organizations

Proceedings of the 1st International Technology Management Conference, ITMC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 89-99

  Pittenger, Linda M ^a   Boland, Dick ^a   Perelli, Sheri ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competencies; emotional intelligence; IT individual contributors; IT managers; organizational climate; role breadth self efficacy; structural holes

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCIES; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; IT INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; SELF EFFICACY; STRUCTURAL HOLES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80053006374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITMC.2011.5995932     Document Type: Conference Paper

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