Why IS after All? An Explorative Analysis of Professionals´ Letters of Study Motivation

Author

Illig, Steffen ; Laumer, Sven ; Maier, Christian ; Weitzel, Tim

Author_Institution

Univ. of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-9 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

4013

Lastpage

4022

Abstract

While the selection of majors in Information Systems (IS) is widely discussed, the context of IS in further education lacks attention. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the motivational factors of individuals who intent to study IS, although they have already graduated in another degree program. Based on an explorative analysis of 84 letters of motivation of applicants applying for a further education degree program in IS, we identify determinants of an individual´s motivation to study IS after all. Based on that, we conclude that extrinsic motivations such as expected career enhancement are more important than in other contexts such as undergraduate study paths.

Keywords

educational administrative data processing; further education; information systems; IS; career enhancement; education degree program; explorative analysis; extrinsic motivations; further education; information systems; undergraduate study; Business; Context; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Joining processes; enrollment; further education; motivational factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences (HICSS), 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2014.496

Filename

6759098