Motivation in software engineering industrial practice: A cross-case analysis of two software organisations

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-101

  França, A César C ^a,b   Da Silva, Fabio Q B ^a   Felix, Adelnei De L C ^a   Carneiro, David E S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FAFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Meta ethnography; Motivation; Multi case replication design; Qualitative research; Software engineer; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INTEGRATIVE SYNTHESIS; META-ETHNOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPLICATION DESIGNS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOFTWARE ORGANISATIONS;

ENGINEERS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84888344448     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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