Antecedents and consequences of collective empathy in software development project teams

Information and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 247-259

  Akgün, Ali E ^a   Keskin, Halit ^a   Cebecioglu, A Yavuz ^a   Dogan, Derya ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collective empathy; Project teams; Software development; Speed to market; Team learning

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FORMAL METHODS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COLLECTIVE EMPATHY; PROCESS EFFECTIVENESS; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT TEAM; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SPEED-TO-MARKET; TEAM COMMUNICATION; TEAM LEARNING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 85027922316     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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