Towards understanding the underlying structure of motivational factors for software engineers to guide the definition of motivational programs

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-226

  Da Silva, Fabio Q B ^a   Frana, A César C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Empirical software engineering; Motivation; People management; Software development

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; FACTOR STRUCTURE; GENERAL THEORY; PEOPLE MANAGEMENT; SEMI-RANDOM; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; MOTIVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 82955218872     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.12.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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