The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review

Context: Over the past 50years numerous studies have investigated the possible effect that software engineers’ personalities may have upon their individual tasks and teamwork. These have led to an im- proved understanding of that relationship; however, the analysis of personality traits and their im...

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Main Authors: Soomro, Arjumand Bano, Salleh, Norsaremah, Mendes, Emilia, Grundy, John, Burch, Giles St. J., Nordin, Azlin
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spelling iium-542802017-01-18T03:53:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/ The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review Soomro, Arjumand Bano Salleh, Norsaremah Mendes, Emilia Grundy, John Burch, Giles St. J. Nordin, Azlin Q Science (General) Context: Over the past 50years numerous studies have investigated the possible effect that software engineers’ personalities may have upon their individual tasks and teamwork. These have led to an im- proved understanding of that relationship; however, the analysis of personality traits and their impact on the software development process is still an area under investigation and debate. Further, other than per- sonality traits, “team climate” is also another factor that has also been investigated given its relationship with software teams’ performance. Objective: The aim of this paper is to investigate how software professionals’ personality is associated with team climate and team performance. Method: In this paper we detail a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of the effect of software engineers’ personality traits and team climate on software team performance. Results: Our main findings include 35 primary studies that have addressed the relationship between per- sonality and team performance without considering team climate. The findings showed that team climate comprises a wide range of factors that fall within the fields of management and behavioral sciences. Most of the studies used undergraduate students as subjects and as surrogates of software professionals. Conclusions: The findings from this SLR would be beneficial for understanding the personality assessment of software development team members by revealing the traits of personality taxonomy, along with the measurement of the software development team working environment. These measurements would be useful in examining the success and failure possibilities of software projects in development processes. General terms: Human factors, performance. Elsevier 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/1/soomro2016%20%28published%20version%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/7/54280-The%20effect%20of%20software%20engineers%27%20personality%20traits%20on%20team%20climate%20and%20performance-SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/8/54280-The%20effect%20of%20software%20engineers%27%20personality%20traits%20on%20team%20climate%20and%20performance_WOS.pdf Soomro, Arjumand Bano and Salleh, Norsaremah and Mendes, Emilia and Grundy, John and Burch, Giles St. J. and Nordin, Azlin (2016) The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review. Information and Software Technology, 73. pp. 52-65. E-ISSN 0950-5849 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584916000082 10.1016/j.infsof.2016.01.006
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topic Q Science (General)
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Soomro, Arjumand Bano
Salleh, Norsaremah
Mendes, Emilia
Grundy, John
Burch, Giles St. J.
Nordin, Azlin
The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review
description Context: Over the past 50years numerous studies have investigated the possible effect that software engineers’ personalities may have upon their individual tasks and teamwork. These have led to an im- proved understanding of that relationship; however, the analysis of personality traits and their impact on the software development process is still an area under investigation and debate. Further, other than per- sonality traits, “team climate” is also another factor that has also been investigated given its relationship with software teams’ performance. Objective: The aim of this paper is to investigate how software professionals’ personality is associated with team climate and team performance. Method: In this paper we detail a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of the effect of software engineers’ personality traits and team climate on software team performance. Results: Our main findings include 35 primary studies that have addressed the relationship between per- sonality and team performance without considering team climate. The findings showed that team climate comprises a wide range of factors that fall within the fields of management and behavioral sciences. Most of the studies used undergraduate students as subjects and as surrogates of software professionals. Conclusions: The findings from this SLR would be beneficial for understanding the personality assessment of software development team members by revealing the traits of personality taxonomy, along with the measurement of the software development team working environment. These measurements would be useful in examining the success and failure possibilities of software projects in development processes. General terms: Human factors, performance.
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author Soomro, Arjumand Bano
Salleh, Norsaremah
Mendes, Emilia
Grundy, John
Burch, Giles St. J.
Nordin, Azlin
author_facet Soomro, Arjumand Bano
Salleh, Norsaremah
Mendes, Emilia
Grundy, John
Burch, Giles St. J.
Nordin, Azlin
author_sort Soomro, Arjumand Bano
title The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review
title_short The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review
title_full The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review
title_fullStr The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review
title_full_unstemmed The effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A systematic literature review
title_sort effect of software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: a systematic literature review
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/1/soomro2016%20%28published%20version%29.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/7/54280-The%20effect%20of%20software%20engineers%27%20personality%20traits%20on%20team%20climate%20and%20performance-SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54280/8/54280-The%20effect%20of%20software%20engineers%27%20personality%20traits%20on%20team%20climate%20and%20performance_WOS.pdf
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