Title :
What Do We Know about Developer Motivation?
Author :
Hall, T. ; Sharp, Helen ; Beecham, Sarah ; Baddoo, N. ; Robinson, H.
Author_Institution :
Brunel Univ., Uxbridge
Abstract :
Software engineers will do better work and stay with a company if they are motivated - as a result the success of software projects is likely to improve. The authors use the findings from their in-depth review of the 92 studies published in the last 25 years on software engineer motivation to give an overview of what managers need to know to improve motivation among their employees.
Keywords :
human resource management; personnel; software engineer motivation; software project; Engineering profession; Environmental management; Personnel; Portals; Project management; Quality management; Software development management; Software engineering; Software quality; Software systems; management; motivation; software developers;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2008.105
