Abstract
This study investigates the influence of internship experience, grade-point average (GPA), and job market on the starting salaries of management information systems (MIS) graduates. The seven-year period of the study includes the strong job market of the Internet boom, as well as the weak job market following the Internet bust. The regression results indicate that several factors are significantly related to starting salary including internship experience, GPA, job market, and size of employer. Internship experience was found to play a particularly strong role in predicting MIS starting salaries. A significant interaction effect indicates that the positive effect of internship experience is stronger during a weak job market. Graduates with internship experience also found employment more quickly. The study is based upon academic and placement data collected from 126 graduates from an AACSB accredited MIS program at Western Washington University during the years 1997-2003.
DOI
10.17705/1CAIS.01629
Recommended Citation
Sandvig, J., Tyran, C., & Ross, S. (2005). Determinants of Graduating MIS Students Starting Salary in Boom and Bust Job Markets. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 16, pp-pp. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.01629
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