Paper Info
Title
Factors Affecting Team Motivation: A Survey of Finnish Software Engineers
Abstract
Motivation in software engineering is a complex topic. Cultural background is reported to be one of the factors moderating software engineers' motivation and project outcome. The authors conducted a survey with 36 software engineers from Finland to explore 1 the relationship between team motivation and project outcome, 2 factors that motivate Finnish engineers, and 3 how these motivational factors are related. The authors compare Finnish motivational factors with those identified in prior research. In addition they build a prediction model to identify the best indicators of team motivation for Finnish software engineers. Their results show that teamwork is the only culturally independent motivational factor. Having 1 a project manager with a clear vision project manager vision and 2 a project manager given full authority to manage the project project manager authority are also significant motivational factors among Finnish engineers. There are significant associations between some factors, e.g., customer involvement and staff appreciation. While these factors partially explain motivation in software engineering, cultural differences also play an active role in explaining team motivation. Their questionnaire needs to be updated to enable measurement of motivation for modern development practices such as agile development.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.4018/IJISMD.2015070101
International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design
Keywords
Field
DocType
Culture, Motivational Factors, Software Development Team Motivation, Software Project Outcome, Survey
Teamwork,Systems engineering,Knowledge management,Cultural diversity,Agile software development,Software,Project manager,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
6
3
1947-8186
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
18
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ayşe Tosun Mısırlı122110.50
June M. Verner2125575.85
Jouni Markkula325025.91
Markku Oivo465081.11