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Using the sociotechnical approach in global software developments : Is the theory relevant today?

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posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00 authored by Merete Crofts, Bardo FraunholzBardo Fraunholz, Matthew Warren
Global software development teams are highly dependent on technology for daily activities and production. Researchers have investigated the areas such as communication and time-zone difficulties when working across global boundaries during the last decade. However, this research explores job satisfaction, efficiency and the quality of working life of people working in a medium sized globally distributed software development organisation. It is assumed that the work structures of organisations of today are influenced by the theories from the past. This paper focus upon the issues that faces an Australian organisation involved in global software development, the research compares and contrasts the feelings of the employees using a Sociotechnical approach. The discussion highlights several problems areas specific to the organisation which will lay the foundation for future research.

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Event

Australasian Conference on Information Systems (19th : 2008 : Christchurch, New Zealand)

Pagination

250 - 260

Publisher

ACIS

Location

Christchurch, New Zealand

Place of publication

[Christchurch, New Zealand]

Start date

2008-12-03

End date

2008-12-05

ISBN-13

9780473145286

Language

eng

Notes

Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2008, The Authors

Editor/Contributor(s)

A Mills, S Huff

Title of proceedings

ACIS2008 : Creating the future : transforming research into practice : Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

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