“Excellent” systems analysts: key audience perceptions
ACM SIGCPR Computer Personnel
Revisiting the perennial question: are IS people different?
ACM SIGMIS Database
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Enhancing the Cocomo Estimation Models
IEEE Software
Identifying the enablers and barriers of IT personnel transition
Strategies for managing IS/IT personnel
Communication: the neglected technical skill?
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
Motivation in Software Engineering: A systematic literature review
Information and Software Technology
Models of motivation in software engineering
Information and Software Technology
A systematic review of theory use in studies investigating the motivations of software engineers
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
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The objective of the study was to analyze the motivation for computer personnel in Austria compared to the United States. A sample of more than 600 Austrian computer personnel was conducted, with the same diagnostic instruments used to derive a data base on motivation factors for 8,000 U.S. computer personnel. Seventeen Austrian organizations participated in the survey. The two survey populations were found to be quite similar in their rankings of motivation factors and in individual characteristics. Nevertheless, there was a mismatch for Austrian respondents on the two factors most important for motivation--individual need for growth as compared to the job's motivating capacity. A procedure for improving this match is discussed after the survey results are analyzed.