出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：he Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) is a professional organization that offers students, especially those majoring in Computer Information Systems (CIS) and related majors, a number of opportunities and benefits. We have discovered that a majority of CIS majors at our university, as well as other schools, have not joined their local AITP student chapter. To better understand why some students have not joined AITP, we first conducted interviews with CIS majors, both AITP members and non-AITP members, to elicit their perceptions and opinions about AITP. Based upon the findings from the interviews, we then surveyed 105 CIS students at our institution. We tested for significant differences between AITP members and non-AITP members. We discovered that some students have misperceptions about AITP. We also found that several factors, such as lack of time and money, may deter students from joining AITP. Some students have strong feelings, both positive and negative, about AITP. We used the Theory of Planned Behavior, along with Cognition and Affect constructs, to determine what factors significantly influence students’ intentions to join or remain an AITP student member. As expected, Attitude and Perceived Behavioral Control significantly influence Intention. We also discovered that both Affect and Cognition are important predictors of Attitude. However, we were surprised to find that Subjective Norm does not significantly influence students’ intentions. The model shows an impressive amount of variance explained for Behavioral Intention (R2 = .743). Our findings provide us evidence of which cognitive, affective, attitudinal, and control beliefs to target in order to better influence students to join their AITP student chapter.
关键词：Professional Student Organizations;AITP; CIS Majors; Theory of Planned Behavior
