By the way, did anyone study any real programmers?
Papers presented at the first workshop on empirical studies of programmers on Empirical studies of programmers
Improving Software Productivity
Computer
Structural equation modeling with LISREL: essentials and advances
Structural equation modeling with LISREL: essentials and advances
A field study of the software design process for large systems
Communications of the ACM
Motivating and Managing Computer Personnel
Motivating and Managing Computer Personnel
Effects of participative management on the performance of software development teams
SIGCPR '94 Proceedings of the 1994 computer personnel research conference on Reinventing IS : managing information technology in changing organizations: managing information technology in changing organizations
A study of the impact of individual goals and team composition variables on team performance
SIGCPR '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGCPR/SIGMIS conference on Computer personnel research
Process improvement competencies for IS professionals: a survey of perceived needs
SIGCPR '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research
Employee-job fit in MIS: research in progress
SIGCPR '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGCPR/SIGMIS conference on Computer personnel research
SIGCPR '02 Proceedings of the 2002 ACM SIGCPR conference on Computer personnel research
A Rule-Based Approach to Developing Software Development Prediction Models
Automated Software Engineering
Team structure and team performance in IS development: a social network perspective
Information and Management
Who should work with whom?: building effective software project teams
Communications of the ACM - Wireless sensor networks
Assessing information technology personnel: toward a behavioral rating scale
ACM SIGMIS Database
An empirical assessment of a modified technology acceptance model
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Perspective-driven IT talent acquisition
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
A Taxonomy of Antecedents of Information Systems Success: Variable Analysis Studies
Journal of Management Information Systems
A Contingency Approach to Software Project Coordination
Journal of Management Information Systems
An Integrated Performance Model Information Systems Projects
Journal of Management Information Systems
Organizational determinants of innovation capacity in software companies
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Models of motivation in software engineering
Information and Software Technology
Virtual organizational learning in open source software development projects
Information and Management
A systematic review of theory use in studies investigating the motivations of software engineers
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
Software development process simulation: multi agent-based simulation versus system dynamics
MABS'09 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Multi-agent-based simulation
Individual Virtual Competence and Its Influence on Work Outcomes
Journal of Management Information Systems
Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Understanding sustained participation in transactional virtual communities
Decision Support Systems
Interpretative case studies on agile team productivity and management
Information and Software Technology
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Software developers' performance has a direct impact on software development productivity. An understanding of the factors that affect this performance could help determine where to concentrate management efforts (and related financial resources) form a practical standpoint, and where to focus research efforts form an academic perspective. To gain further insight into these factors, this study extends prior research by integrating elements from expectancy theory, goal-setting theory, and organizational behavior specific to the software development process. The research results provide new insights regarding the relative importance of how expectancy theory, goal-setting theory, and individual characteristics affect the perceived performance of software development professionals. These preliminary findings indicate that goal-setting theory may have complex implications for software development performance. Goal difficulty has a negative relationship to performance but a positive relationship to effort. Because of this off-setting effect, the degree of goal difficulty has a relatively small overall effect on performance. Goal clarity also has a relatively small effect on performance. Individual ability has the strongest direct effect on perceived performance, more than twice as strong as the effects o work effort, personality dimensions, and perceived characteristics of the task. High achievement needs were directly related to both effort and perceived performance, whereas self-esteem and locus of control have a direct relationship to perceived performance.