Intention of IT professionals to leave public organizations

Denise de Cuffa; Andrea Valéria Steil; Denilson Sell

Authors

Denise de Cuffa Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste - Unicentro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2106-3516
Andrea Valéria Steil Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7853-6532
Denilson Sell Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-9446

Keywords:

intentio, turnover, public organizations

Abstract

This study explored the determinants of the intention of IT professionals to leave public Brazilian organizations. Data were collected via survey with 224 professionals and were analyzed through Spearman, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The results showed that satisfaction (a type of attitude) and subjective norms influenced the intention to leave, while perceived behavioral control did not. A large part of the individual determinants (age, marital status, gender, and children) and burnout (occupational determinant) also influenced the intention to leave. Among the organizational determinants, perceived learning opportunities negatively influenced the intention of IT professionals to leave public Brazilian organizations. This study discussed these results and presents suggestions for future studies.

Author Biographies

Denise de Cuffa, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste - Unicentro

Administradora (UNIOESTE) e doutora em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento (UFSC). Atualmente, é professora colaboradora do curso de Graduação em Administração na Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO) e está como Coordenadora do referido curso no Campus Avançado de Chopinzinho/PR. É membro do Grupo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Conhecimento, Aprendizagem e Memória Organizacional (KLOM - Knowledge, Learning and Organizational Memory) da UFSC. É pesquisadora de temas relativos à Gestão de Pessoas e Comportamento Organizacional. Já atuou como gestora de pessoas em empresa de TI, instrutora e consultora no Programa Bom Negócio Paraná e como professora do curso de Graduação em Administração e de MBA em Gestão Estratégica de Pessoas na UNIOESTE.

Denilson Sell, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Possui bacharelado em Ciências da Computação pela Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (1997), mestrado (2001) e doutorado (2006) em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, com estágio de doutoramento na The Open University. Atualmente é professor no Departamento de Administração Pública da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Atuou como pesquisador e coordenou diversos projetos de PD com organizações públicas (como a Plataforma Lattes e a Plataforma Aquarius com o MCTI, Libra Human Factors com Petrobrás e o Consórcio de Libra, Plataforma iAraucária com a Fundação Araucária, Plataforma PRAIS com Organizaçao Panamericana de Saúde, Portal SINAES com o MEC, DCVISA com a ANVISA e SIBEA com o MMA), organizações privadas (como Busca Semântica com Embraer e Plataforma de Gestão da Ética e da Integridade com o Itaú/Unibanco) e terceiro setor (como a Plataforma para Gestão do Absenteísmo com o SESI/BA e Plataforma da Gestão do Conhecimento do SENAI/CE-FIEC). Atua principalmente nos seguintes áreas/temáticas: engenharia do conhecimento, gestão do conhecimento, business intelligence, inteligência artificial, ontologias, engenharia de resiliência, semantic web, planejamento de sistemas de informações e governo eletrônico.

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