论文标题
全球软件开发中的动机和自主权：一项实证研究
Motivation and Autonomy in Global Software Development: An Empirical Study
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论文摘要
分布式开发涉及不同国家 /地区和时区的全球分布式团队，为已经复杂的工作增加了更多的复杂性。本文着重于全球软件开发对动机的影响。具体来说，我们问，所需的和实际自治之间对全球团队动机的未对准有什么影响？我们研究了两个分布式软件开发团队的成员，它们的分销程度不同，均遵循Scrum的软件开发方法。一个团队的成员分布在爱尔兰，英格兰和威尔士；另一个在欧洲和北美的地点有成员。我们在他们的混乱“仪式”中观察了团队，并采访了每个团队成员，在此期间，我们要求我们要求团队成员以5分的序列评分他们的动机。考虑到所报告的动机水平以及对我们的观察和访谈的定性分析，我们的结果表明，自主权似乎只是影响动机的三个工作方面之一，而其他人则是能力和相关性。我们假设（1）自治是经验丰富的团队成员动机的必要条件，但（2）除非具有足够的能力，否则自治不是动机。
Distributed development involving globally distributed teams in different countries and timezones adds additional complexity into an already complex undertaking. This paper focuses on the effect of global software development on motivation. Specifically, we ask, what impact does misalignment between needed and actual autonomy have on global team motivation? We studied members of two distributed software development teams with different degrees of distribution, both following the Scrum approach to software development. One team's members are distributed across Ireland, England and Wales; the other has members in locations across Europe and North America. We observed the teams during their Scrum "ceremonies," and interviewed each team member, during which asked we asked team members to rate their motivation on a 5 point ordinal scale. Considering both the reported motivation levels, and qualitative analysis of our observations and interviews, our results suggest that autonomy appears to be just one of three job aspects that affect motivation, the others being competence and relatedness. We hypothesize that (1) autonomy is a necessary but not sufficient condition for motivation among experienced team members, and (2) autonomy is not a motivator unless accompanied by sufficient competence.
