| dc.description.abstract | The core self-evaluation is both a personality trait and a basic estimate that each individual holds towards each oneself. Core self-evaluation consists of self-esteem, general self-efficacy, neuroticism, and locus of control. Present study has shown that the core self- evaluation is related to work performance and work satisfaction(Judge, 2001), and that world contrastive cognitive psychology researches also demonstrate the Chinese have bad performance in four constructs. Therefore, this research aims to improve the work efficiency and the work satisfaction of IT professionals through the aspect of core self-evaluation.
Based on core self-evaluation, this study explains the differences among software entrepreneurs, MIS managers, MIS professionals, top managers, MIS graduates, and MIS students, including postgraduates, university students and vocational students, in respects of locus of control, general self-efficacy, self-esteem, neuroticism, work performance and work satisfaction. The relationship among core self-evaluation, job and life satisfaction of MIS professionals is analyzed as well. The goal of this research is to explore the value of core self-evaluation and its significance toward the area of MIS.
The results indicate that Software entrepreneurs and top managers have internal locus of control, high self-esteem, stable emotions, high job self-efficacy, high job satisfaction and high life satisfaction. Meanwhile, MIS managers and MIS professionals perform worse than their counterparts—software entrepreneurs and top managers. By contrast, the overall performances of MIS students, referring to postgraduates, university students, and vocational students, are the lowest, with external locus of control, low self-esteem and unstable emotions. As a result, core self-evaluation positively influences job satisfaction and life satisfaction.
This research, core self-evaluation, has contributed integrated benefits to IT professionals both in their Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction. One the one hand, it academically facilitates to investigate the core self-evaluation performance of IT professionals in Taiwan. On the other hand, enterprises practically choose MIS managers not only consider their professional abilities but also value the core self-evaluation of personnel. In addition, enterprise’’s education and training should be designed with courses about core self-evaluation to improve positive benefits of staff and organization concerning their works and lives. | en_US |