Towards an explanatory theory of motivation in software engineering: A qualitative case study of a small software company

Proceedings - 2012 Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering, SBES 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 61-70

  França, A César C ^a   Carneiro, David E S ^a   Da Silva, Fabio Q B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Motivation; People management; Software development; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; JOB PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PEOPLE MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SMALL SOFTWARE COMPANIES; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS;

ENGINEERS; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84870848961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SBES.2012.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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