Wages and Voluntary Labor Turnover: Comparing It Workers with Other Professionals (Economics ARTICLES‪)‬

ABSTRACT There is a body of literature suggesting that a new labor contract between employer and employee is emerging which places less value on loyalty and long term employment relationships. Some have argued that the use of computing technology contributes to this by making skills more common and transferable across organizations, thereby encouraging organizations to hire away the skilled workers of their competitors. Concern about voluntary job change specifically among IT professionals was heightened during the IT boom of the late 1990s.