DocumentCode
1398153
Title
Exploring the Professional Status of Software Work in India
Author
Malish, C.M. ; Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara
Author_Institution
Dept. of Humanities & Social -Sci., Indian Inst. of Technol. Delhi, New Delhi, India
Volume
29
Issue
4
fYear
2010
Firstpage
50
Lastpage
56
Abstract
As project management is more often executed in India and controlled by Indian firms, entry to software work has become more dependent on market demand, and less on qualification in a software-related discipline. The attributes approach fails to answer why professionals possess a high amount of power and social status in society and why they are largely free from the evaluation of the public. The power approach views a profession as a set of role relationships between experts and clients. We conclude that software work in India is properly categorized as an occupation.
Keywords
DP industry; DP management; professional aspects; project management; India; professional status; project management; social status; software work; software-related discipline; Economics; India; Information technology; Professional aspects; Software development; Training;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0278-0097
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MTS.2010.939227
Filename
5661660
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