Is the grass greener on the other side?
At the ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference 2021, the authors Christian Maier, Tim Weitzel, Damien Joseph, and Sven Laumer presented their common paper with the title “Are IT Professionals Better Off when They Return to Their Former Employer? An Employee Perspective on IT Boomerang Careers”.
In the study, they analyzed whether boomerang employees who have returned to a previous employer consider their new situation better than the first time. The results indicate that those employees are more satisfied with their job after returning, yet for different reasons. While the majority (31 IT professionals) evaluate core job characteristics as improved after returning, others report increased job satisfaction, among others, for private reasons.
Concluding the research on rehired IT professionals, the findings can be sumed up by saying that the grass is always greener when you return to it.
Thanks to all participants for the great collaboration!