Title :
Software Engineers´ Perceptions of Factors in Motivation: The Work, People, Obstacles
Author :
Sach, Rien ; Sharp, Helen ; Petre, Marian
Author_Institution :
Math., Comput. & Technol. Fac., Open Univ., Milton Keynes, UK
Abstract :
Recent research suggests that the motivating factors in software engineering are evolving and that our current understanding of motivation in software engineering might be out of date. This paper presents an analysis of semi-structured interviews with 13 professional software engineers. The data suggests that ´the work´ continues to be enjoyable and that ´people´ are important, but that ´obstacles´ really sap the energy of software engineers.
Keywords :
software engineering; software development project; software engineers perceptions; software quality; Employment; Interviews; Logic gates; Programming; Software; Software engineering; Systematics; Motivation; Professional Software Engineers; Software Development;
Conference_Titel :
Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), 2011 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Banff, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2203-5
DOI :
10.1109/ESEM.2011.50
