TY - JOUR
T1 - Generative AI in Software Engineering Must Be Human-Centered
T2 - The Copenhagen Manifesto
AU - Russo, Daniel
AU - Baltes, Sebastian
AU - van Berkel, Niels
AU - Avgeriou, Paris
AU - Calefato, Fabio
AU - Cabrero-Daniel, Beatriz
AU - Catolino, Gemma
AU - Cito, Jürgen
AU - Ernst, Neil
AU - Fritz, Thomas
AU - Hata, Hideaki
AU - Holmes, Reid
AU - Izadi, Maliheh
AU - Khomh, Foutse
AU - Kjærgaard, Mikkel Baun
AU - Liebel, Grischa
AU - Lafuente, Alberto Lluch
AU - Lambiase, Stefano
AU - Maalej, Walid
AU - Murphy, Gail
AU - Moe, Nils Brede
AU - O'Brien, Gabrielle
AU - Paja, Elda
AU - Pezzè, Mauro
AU - Persson, John Stouby
AU - Prikladnicki, Rafael
AU - Ralph, Paul
AU - Robillard, Martin
AU - Silva, Thiago Rocha
AU - Stol, Klaas Jan
AU - Storey, Margaret Anne
AU - Stray, Viktoria
AU - Tell, Paolo
AU - Treude, Christoph
AU - Vasilescu, Bogdan
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jss.2024.112115
DO - 10.1016/j.jss.2024.112115
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85195663773
SN - 0164-1212
VL - 216
JO - Journal of Systems and Software
JF - Journal of Systems and Software
M1 - 112115
ER -