Just Let Me Do My Job!

Feruzan Irani-Williams, Lori Tribble, Paige S. Rutner, Constance Campbell, D. Harrison McKnight, Bill C. Hardgrave

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Abstract

This study seeks to broaden our understanding of the popular, yet under-researched, concept of micromanagement in the IT workforce by exploring IT professionals' trust in the competence of their supervisor as an antecedent to their perceptions of being micromanaged. The study also explores whether felt responsibility is the mechanism via which micromanagement negatively affects IT professionals' job satisfaction and organizational commitment, both proximal factors of turnover. These relationships are explored under the aegis of the Management Control Systems models, leader-member exchange theory, and the job characteristics model. Results indicate that trust in supervisor competence is a significant antecedent to IT professionals' perceptions of being micromanaged and that felt responsibility fully mediates the relationship between micromanagement and organizational commitment. The findings underscore the importance of building IT professionals' trust in their supervisor's competence and suggest that organizations proactively provide early intervention to negate the potential adverse impact on organizational outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-95
Number of pages19
JournalData Base for Advances in Information Systems
Volume52
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2021

Keywords

  • felt responsibility
  • it workforce
  • job satisfaction
  • micromanagement
  • organizational commitment
  • trust in supervisor confidence

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