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Developer Thriving: Four Sociocognitive Factors That Create Resilient Productivity on Software Teams

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Catherine M. Hicks,

Morgan RamseyAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Software, Volume 41, Issue 4

Pages 68 - 77

https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2024.3382957

Published: 03 April 2024 Publication History

Abstract

We present a research-based framework for measuring successful environments on software teams for long-term and sustainable sociocognitive problem-solving. Across 1,282 full-time developers in 12+ industries, we tested the factors of our framework and found it predictive of developers’ self-reported productivity.

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IEEE Software Volume 41, Issue 4

July-Aug. 2024

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Plummer TSauermann VAkvardar B(2024)Community-Driven Learning: Two Case StudiesProceedings of the 29th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, People, and Practices10.1145/3698322.3698352(1-16)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3698322.3698352

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