Comparison of motivating environments for programmer/analysts and programmers in the US, Israel and Singapore

Author

Couger, J.D.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Bus. Adm., Colorado Univ., Colorado Springs, CO

Volume

4

fYear

1989

fDate

3-6 Jan 1989

Firstpage

316

Abstract

A comparison was made on perceptions on 26 factors relating to motivation, satisfaction, and goal setting/feedback for programmer/analysts and programmers in the U.S. Israel, and Singapore. Surveys of over 550 Israelis and 1100 Singaporeans were compared to a US database on more than 8000 computer personnel. The Job Diagnostic Survey for Data processing (JDS/DP) instrument was used to collect all data. The survey results indicated a mismatch in individual growth need and the job´s motivating potential for programmers in Israel and Singapore. A mismatch also exists for Singaporean programmer/analysts. A procedure for improvement is discussed

Keywords

DP management; personnel; programming; Job Diagnostic Survey for Data processing; computer personnel; goal setting/feedback; individual growth need; motivation; satisfaction; Application software; Books; Data processing; Demography; Feedback; Instruments; Natural languages; Personnel; Programming profession; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1989. Vol.IV: Emerging Technologies and Applications Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1914-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1989.48138

Filename

48138