Expectations between parties playing similar roles in global software development: a psychological contract perspective.

dc.contributor.author	Lane, Michael
dc.contributor.author	Agerfalk, Par J.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-08T15:23:29Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-08T15:23:29Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10344/2072
dc.description	peer-reviewed	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Global software development (GSD), as a mode of information systems development, surfaces various challenges and benefits that are not always present in co-located teams. A psychological contract reflects the written and unwritten expectations, or obligations, of collaborating parties in a transaction. This paper uncovers a set of candidate obligations that make up the psychological contract of parties collaborating in global software development efforts (the GSD psychological contract). Particular focus is applied to certain development roles: business analyst, designer, developer and development-support. A qualitative research approach is employed against various incidents that occurred in development projects performed by a global software product development organization. Finally, opportunities for future research are presented.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	15th European Conference on Inforamtion Systems.;7-9 June
dc.subject	global software development	en_US
dc.subject	distributed development	en_US
dc.subject	psychological contract	en_US
dc.title	Expectations between parties playing similar roles in global software development: a psychological contract perspective.	en_US
dc.type	Conference item	en_US
dc.type.supercollection	all_ul_research	en_US
dc.type.supercollection	ul_published_reviewed	en_US
dc.type.restriction	none	en
dc.contributor.sponsor	SFI