DocumentCode
2514523
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
fYear
2011
fDate
22-23 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
368
Lastpage
371
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in software engineering are evolving and that our current understanding of motivation in software engineering might be out of date.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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), 2011 International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Banff, AB
ISSN
1938-6451
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-2203-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ESEM.2011.50
Filename
6092590
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