Gender differences in personality traits of software engineers

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dc.contributor.authorRusso, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorStol, Klaas-Jan
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-24T12:55:04Z
dc.date.available2020-06-24T12:55:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-18
dc.date.updated2020-06-24T12:16:45Z
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing body of gender studies in software engineering to understand diversity and inclusion issues, as diversity is recognized to be a key issue to healthy teams and communities. A second factor often linked to team performance is personality, which has received far more attention. Very few studies, however, have focused on the intersection of these two fields. Hence, we set out to study gender differences in personality traits of software engineers. Through a survey study we collected personality data, using the HEXACO model, of 483 software engineers. The data were analyzed using a Bayesian independent sample t-test and network analysis. The results suggest that women score significantly higher in Openness to Experience, Honesty-Humility, and Emotionality than men. Further, men show higher psychopathic traits than women. Based on these findings, we develop a number of propositions that can guide future research.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationRusso, D. and Stol, K. J. (2020) 'Gender differences in personality traits of software engineers', IEEE Transactions On Software Engineering, In Press, doi: 10.1109/TSE.2020.3003413en
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/TSE.2020.3003413en
dc.identifier.endpage16en
dc.identifier.issn0098-5589
dc.identifier.journaltitleIEEE Transactions on Software Engineeringen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10183
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)en
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG)/15/SIRG/3293/IE/Software Development with Alternative Workforces/en
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/13/RC/2094/IE/Lero - the Irish Software Research Centre/en
dc.relation.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9120355
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dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectEmpirical software engineeringen
dc.subjectBayesian statisticsen
dc.subjectNetwork analysis.en
dc.subjectPersonality traitsen
dc.titleGender differences in personality traits of software engineersen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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