What do software practitioners really think about project success: A cross-cultural comparison

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 897-907

  Pereira, Javier ^a   Cerpa, Narciso ^c   Verner, June ^b   Rivas, Mario ^c   Procaccino, J Drew ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^d RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Freedom; Job satisfaction; Project success; Software development; Working environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PEER CONTROL; SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS; SOFTWARE PROJECTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 42149084421     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.07.032     Document Type: Article

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