@inproceedings{6efde9482aa94879b5746d12a440f33a,
title = "What motivates software engineers working in global software development?",
abstract = "Context: Working in a distributed environment poses new challenges to software engineer motivation. Problem: Where should global project managers focus their efforts so that they have the best chance of motivating their teams, for higher staff retention, increased productivity and improved software quality? Method: We asked a group of software engineers attending a workshop on global collaboration to complete a survey on software engineer motivation. We then identified motivation themes in the responses. Finally, we mapped these themes to software engineer motivators identified in previous research. Results: Thirteen participants completed the survey. Analysis of the results yielded 27 motivation categories. The vast majority (23 of 27) were partially or wholly mapped to Intrinsic motivators. Implications: We conclude that Global Software Development projects that relegate some teams to performing routine tasks (such as maintenance or testing) will experience lower productivity and quality due to demotivation. Finally, we hypothesize that GSD introduces new motivators, such as opportunities to travel and interact with different cultures.",
keywords = "Empirical software engineering, GSD, Global software development, Motivation, Software engineer",
author = "Sarah Beecham and John Noll",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.; 16th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2015 ; Conference date: 02-12-2015 Through 04-12-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-26844-6_14",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319268439",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "193--209",
editor = "Markku Oivo and Pekka Abrahamsson and Luis Corral and Barbara Russo",
booktitle = "Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 16th International Conference, PROFES 2015, Proceedings",
}