Information technology (IT) professionals are a strategic human resource for enabling competitive advantage through the application of data and technologies. Yet, it remains a challenge for organizations to retain top IT talent as the business context and the nature of work change. Retention strategies that have worked with other business professionals have faced limited success with IT talent, leading some scholars to ask whether the latter are unique in terms of culture, personality, and tools. This study seeks to address this question by (1) undertaking a meta-analysis of studies investigating the turnover intentions of IT professionals, and by (2) conducting a second-order meta-analysis to compare findings between IT and non-IT professionals. The meta-analytic findings identify new antecedents more recently examined in information systems (IS) research while confirming enduring relationships between antecedents and turnover intention. The second-order meta-analysis provides intriguing findings regarding the potential uniqueness of IT professionals. We provide an integrative discussion on the state of turnover intention research within the IS discipline, start a dialog on interdisciplinary comparisons, and offer a forward-looking agenda for future research. We conclude by calling on scholars to revitalize turnover intention research within the IS field by moving toward fresh theories, fresh constructs, and fresh approaches.

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IT 专业人员是独一无二的吗？不同职业离职倾向的二阶荟萃分析比较

信息技术 (IT) 专业人员是通过应用数据和技术实现竞争优势的战略人力资源。然而，随着业务环境和工作性质的变化，组织留住顶尖 IT 人才仍然是一个挑战。与其他业务专业人士合作的保留策略在 IT 人才方面取得的成功有限，这导致一些学者质疑后者在文化、个性和工具方面是否独特。本研究旨在通过 (1) 对调查 IT 专业人员离职意向的研究进行荟萃分析，以及 (2) 进行二阶荟萃分析来比较 IT 和非 IT 专业人员的研究结果，从而解决这个问题。荟萃分析结果确定了信息系统（IS）研究中最近检查的新前因，同时确认了前因和离职意图之间的持久关系。二阶荟萃分析提供了有关 IT 专业人员潜在独特性的有趣发现。我们对信息系统学科内的离职倾向研究现状进行了综合讨论，启动了跨学科比较的对话，并为未来的研究提供了前瞻性的议程。最后，我们呼吁学者们通过采用新的理论、新的结构和新的方法来振兴 IS 领域的离职倾向研究。二阶荟萃分析提供了有关 IT 专业人员潜在独特性的有趣发现。我们对信息系统学科内的离职倾向研究现状进行了综合讨论，启动了跨学科比较的对话，并为未来的研究提供了前瞻性的议程。最后，我们呼吁学者们通过采用新的理论、新的结构和新的方法来振兴 IS 领域的离职倾向研究。二阶荟萃分析提供了有关 IT 专业人员潜在独特性的有趣发现。我们对信息系统学科内的离职倾向研究现状进行了综合讨论，启动了跨学科比较的对话，并为未来的研究提供了前瞻性的议程。最后，我们呼吁学者们通过采用新的理论、新的结构和新的方法来振兴 IS 领域的离职倾向研究。