PROFES 2024
Mon 2 - Wed 4 December 2024 Tartu, Estonia

This program is tentative and subject to change.

In this paper, we present the initial insights from a qualitative study conducted with developers working in the Italian software industry. More specifically, we conducted three focus groups to gain insights into the job characteristics, both job demands and resources, that characterize Software Development (SD) and might affect well-being at work among developers. The focus groups involved 21 developers from two multinational corporations operating in Italy. We analyzed the gathered data through template analysis. To drive our template analysis, we employed a theoretical model widely used in the field of occupational health psychology: the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model. We identified several job demands and resources that characterize SD. Among the job demands, time pressure is considered an important stress factor: deadlines often overlap one another so that developers have to accomplish more work at the same time, adding further difficulty in time management; moreover, most work is categorized as “urgent”. As for the job resources, we found (among others) that developers appreciate the autonomy in the organization of working time.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Tue 3 Dec

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11:00 - 12:30
PROFES Session 2: Human Factors in Software EngineeringResearch Papers / Short Papers and Posters at UT Library - Room 3
11:00
12m
Short-paper
Supporting value-aware software engineering through traceability and value tactics
Short Papers and Posters
Rebekka Wohlrab Chalmers University of Technology, Marc Herrmann Leibniz Universität Hannover, Christopher Lazik , Marvin Wyrich Saarland University, Ines Nunes , Kurt Schneider Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group, Lucas Gren Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Robert Heinrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
11:12
18m
Research paper
On Job Demands and Resources in the Italian Software Industry
Research Papers
Simone Romano University of Salerno, Alberto Conforti University of Turin, Gloria Guidetti University of Torino, Sara Viotti University of Torino, Daniela Converso University of Torino, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno
11:30
18m
Research paper
Interest in Working Remotely: Is Gender a Factor?
Research Papers
Panagiota Chatzipetrou , Darja Šmite Blekinge Institute of Technology, Anastasiia Tkalich SINTEF, Nils Brede Moe SINTEF, Eriks Klotins
11:48
18m
Research paper
Evaluating Software Quality Through User Reviews: The ISOftSentiment Tool
Research Papers
Fang Hou Utrecht University, Liang Feng Utrecht University, Siamak Farshidi , Slinger Jansen
12:06
24m
Talk
Session 2 Discussion
Research Papers