Software engineers’ perceptions of factors in motivation

Sach, Rien; Sharp, Helen and Petre, Marian (2011). Software engineers’ perceptions of factors in motivation. In: 5th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ESEM 2011, 22-23 Sep 2011, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ESEM.2011.50

URL: http://esem.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/esem2011/esem/index.h...

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in software engineering are evolving and that our current understanding of motivation in software engineering might be out of date.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.

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• 30432
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
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  Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ESEM 2011, Banff, AB, Canada, September 22-23, 2011. IEEE 2011, ISBN 978-1-4577-2203-5, pp. 368-371
• Keywords
• motivation; software development; professional software engineers
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
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• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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• Rien Sach