The Risk-Taking Software Engineer: A Framed Portrait
Graf-Vlachy L (2023)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2023
Journal
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
Pages Range: 25-30
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
Event location: Melbourne, VIC, AUS
ISBN: 9798350300390
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE-NIER58687.2023.00011
Abstract
Background: Risk-taking is prevalent in a host of activities performed by software engineers on a daily basis, yet there is scant research on it. Aims and Method: We study if software engineers’ risk-taking is affected by framing effects and by software engineers’ personality. To this end, we perform a survey experiment with 124 software engineers. Results: We find that framing substantially affects their risk-taking. None of the “Big Five” personality traits are related to risk-taking in software engineers after correcting for multiple testing. Conclusions: Software engineers and their managers must be aware of framing effects and account for them properly.
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APA:
Graf-Vlachy, L. (2023). The Risk-Taking Software Engineer: A Framed Portrait. In Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering (pp. 25-30). Melbourne, VIC, AUS: IEEE Computer Society.
MLA:
Graf-Vlachy, Lorenz. "The Risk-Taking Software Engineer: A Framed Portrait." Proceedings of the 45th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results, ICSE-NIER 2023, Melbourne, VIC, AUS IEEE Computer Society, 2023. 25-30.
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