Using a system dynamic approach to understanding the socialisation process of IT graduates
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Date
2013
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This study analyses the process that an IT refurbishing organisation used to socialise 15 IT graduates to the norms of the working world. In addition, 5 IT industry and 2 governmental agency interviews were used, and 60 online job advertisements were analysed to develop a system dynamic model. The main motivation for this study was to develop a system dynamics model of the graduate socialisation process, in an attempt to understand the cause and effect of
practical exposure, to bridge the IT skill-expectations gap. The main source of data for the model was from a-priori coding and content analysis of job adverts, online blogs and reports created by the students, supported by a review of the existing literature
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Magister Commercii - MCom
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IT skills gap, IT expectations gap, System dynamics, Psychological contract, Knowledge creation, Organisational socialisation tactics, Socialisation, Academia, IT industry, Government