Investigating the effects of downsizing on software professionals' self-efficacy and its consequences on software development quality

Authors:
Ananth Chiravuri;Paul Ambrose
Affiliations:
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI;University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Venue:
SIGMIS CPR '03 Proceedings of the 2003 SIGMIS conference on Computer personnel research: Freedom in Philadelphia--leveraging differences and diversity in the IT workforce
Year:
2003

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Abstract

This study primarily examines the effects of downsizing on the self-efficacy of software professionals. We argue that downsizing results in a realignment of social networks, thereby affecting the self-efficacy and the outcome expectations of a software professional, which in turn affects software development quality. We synthesize relevant literature from self-efficacy, outcome expectations, downsizing and software quality research streams and develop a conceptual model linking these variables of interest.