Factors that motivate software engineering teams: A four country empirical study

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-127

  Verner, J M ^a,b   Babar, M A ^c   Cerpa, N ^d   Hall, T ^e   Beecham, S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Motivational factors; Project success; Software development team motivation

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; MOTIVATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVEYS;

CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERS; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS; PROJECT SUCCESS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84898821843     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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