Russo, Daniel and Hanel, Paul HP and Van Berkel, Niels (2024) Understanding Developers Well-Being and Productivity: A 2-year Longitudinal Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 33 (3). pp. 1-44. DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/3638244
Russo, Daniel and Hanel, Paul HP and Van Berkel, Niels (2024) Understanding Developers Well-Being and Productivity: A 2-year Longitudinal Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 33 (3). pp. 1-44. DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/3638244
Russo, Daniel and Hanel, Paul HP and Van Berkel, Niels (2024) Understanding Developers Well-Being and Productivity: A 2-year Longitudinal Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 33 (3). pp. 1-44. DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/3638244
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant and enduring shifts in various aspects of life, including increased flexibility in work arrangements. In a longitudinal study, spanning 24 months with six measurement points from April 2020 to April 2022, we explore changes in well-being, productivity, social contacts, and needs of software engineers during this time. Our findings indicate systematic changes in various variables. For example, well-being and quality of social contacts increased while emotional loneliness decreased as lockdown measures were relaxed. Conversely, people’s boredom and productivity remained stable. Furthermore, a preliminary investigation into the future of work at the end of the pandemic revealed a consensus among developers for a preference of hybrid work arrangements. We also discovered that prior job changes and low job satisfaction were consistently linked to intentions to change jobs if current work conditions do not meet developers’ needs. This highlights the need for software organizations to adapt to various work arrangements to remain competitive employers. Building upon our findings and the existing literature, we introduce the Integrated Job Demands-Resources and Self-Determination (IJARS) Model as a comprehensive framework to explain the well-being and productivity of software engineers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, Longitudinal Study, Well-Being, Future of Work, IJARS Model |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2023 15:52 |
Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2024 15:33 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/36174 |
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