A study into the effects of personality type and methodology on cohesion in software engineering teams

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-111

  Karn, J S ^a   Syed Abdullah, S ^a   Cowling, A J ^a   Holcombe, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodology; Myers Briggs; Personality type; Software engineering; Teams

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

METHODOLOGY; MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI); PERSONALITY TYPE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947533461     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290500102110     Document Type: Article

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