?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+role+of+professional+identity+%26+self-interest+in+career+choices+in+the+emerging+ICT+workforce&rft.creator=Tsakissiris%2C+Jane&rft.subject=professional+identity&rft.subject=self-interest&rft.subject=career+choice&rft.subject=information+and+communications+technology&rft.subject=graduate+employment&rft.description=The+influence+of+professional+identity+and+self-interest+on+the+educational+and+career+choices+of+the+emerging+Information+and+Communications+Technology+(ICT)+workforce+is+considered+in+this+thesis.+Interviews+were+conducted+with+52+ICT+students+from+four+Australian+tertiary+education+institutions+and+the+findings+indicated+that+professional+identity+and+self-interest+should+be+considered+together%2C+rather+than+separately%2C+to+understand+career+decisions+in+relation+to+the+ICT+industry.+Professional+identity+is+associated+with+the+accrual+of+symbolic+resources+including+status+and+esteem%2C+mastery%2C+sense+of+belonging+and+attachment.+By+contrast%2C+self-interest+is+associated+with+the+perceived+likelihood+of+the+accrual+of+material+(economic+and+social)+resources.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F91646%2F1%2FJane_Tsakissiris_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Tsakissiris%2C+Jane+(2016)+The+role+of+professional+identity+%26+self-interest+in+career+choices+in+the+emerging+ICT+workforce.+Masters+by+Research+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F91646%2F&rft.identifier=QUT+Business+School%3B+School+of+Management