Golriz, Alireza

Mirhaghjoo, Seyedeh Samareh

Mosafer, Hossein

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Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) ICIS 2022 TREOs TREO Papers 12-12-2022 The Role of IT Identity in Innovative Performance of IT Experts: Insights from a Group of Iranian IT Companies Hossein Mosafer University of Tehran, mosafer@ut.ac.ir Seyedeh Samareh Mirhaghjoo The Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch, s_m_haghjoo@yahoo.com Alireza Golriz Kharazmi University, alireza.golriz93@gmail.com Follow this and additional works at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_icis2022 Recommended Citation Mosafer, Hossein; Mirhaghjoo, Seyedeh Samareh; and Golriz, Alireza, "The Role of IT Identity in Innovative Performance of IT Experts: Insights from a Group of Iranian IT Companies" (2022). ICIS 2022 TREOs. 13. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_icis2022/13 This material is brought to you by the TREO Papers at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in ICIS 2022 TREOs by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. TREO Technology, Research, Education, Opinion Presentation at TREO Talks in conjunction with the 43rd International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2022 TREO Talks are not peer-reviewed and not a formal part of the ICIS 2022 Proceedings All TREO Talks are available in the TREO Talks section of the AIS e-Library  The Role of IT Identity in Innovative Performance of IT Experts  Insights from a Group of Iranian IT Companies Hossein Mosafer, mosafer@ut.ac.ir; Seyedeh Samareh Mirhaghjoo, s_m_haghjoo@yahoo.com; Alireza Golriz, alireza.golriz93@gmail.com   Information technologies (IT) have been infused into almost every aspect of our daily lives and work routines more than ever before. Carter and Grover (2015) conceptualized IT Identity (ITID) as a measurable construct— defined as “the extent to which an individual views use of an IT as integral to his or her sense of self” — to explain this intertwinement. They contend that as individuals use IT more, it becomes an essential part of the self that leads their behaviors, and those who self-identify more with IT are likely to be more involved in IT use behaviors (Carter and Grover 2015). Especially in the case of IT experts who are involved more with IT artifacts, it becomes important to study how ITID could direct their behavioral choices. Although, studying employees performance has been among the most important and recurring topics in organizational studies (Janssen and Van Yperen 2004), the relationship between IT use behaviors and performance still needs to be studied more, as the relationship is influenced by complex factors and prior studies often yielded in mixed results (Kuegler et al. 2015). To address this gap in Information Systems (IS) literature, this proposed research uses ITID as a theoretical lens to study task performance as well as the innovative performance of IT experts. To do so, a survey will be administered to IT experts working in a group of six Iranian IT companies active in the banking industry with more than 5000 employees. The results of this study, upon completion, could have both theoretical and practical implications. Theoretically, it can contribute to IT identity research by considering the role of ITID in an organizational context. Practically, it can help organizations have a better understanding of factors influencing the performance of their IT experts.  References  Carter, M., and Grover, V. 2015. "Me, My Self, and I (T): Conceptualizing Information Technology Identity and Its Implications," MIS Quarterly (39:4), pp. 931-958. Janssen, O., and Van Yperen, N. W. 2004. "Employees' Goal Orientations, the Quality of Leader-Member Exchange, and the Outcomes of Job Performance and Job Satisfaction," Academy of management journal (47:3), pp. 368-384. Kuegler, M., Smolnik, S., and Kane, G. 2015. "What’s in It for Employees? Understanding the Relationship between Use and Performance in Enterprise Social Software," The Journal of Strategic Information Systems (24:2), pp. 90-112.  

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