Context and Motivation–Developer eXperience (Dev-X) is a recent research area that
focuses on developers perceptions, feelings, and values with respect to software …

The increasing essential complexity of software systems makes current software
engineering methods and practices fall short in many occasions. Software assistants have …

Online toxicity is ubiquitous across the internet and its negative impact on the people and
that online communities that it effects has been well documented. However, toxicity …

Emotions are known to impact cognitive skills, thus influencing job performance. This is also
true for software development, which requires creativity and problem-solving abilities. In this …

Developer satisfaction and work productivity are important considerations for software
companies. Enhanced developer satisfaction may improve the attraction, retention and …

Purpose The role of happiness at work (HW) on mental health (MH) in the education sector
in Indonesia has not been widely examined. Additionally, the inconsistent results of previous …

The IT sector struggles with talent acquisition and low retention rates. While several field
studies have explored onboarding of software developers, the software engineering …

Understanding and identifying the causes behind developers' emotions (eg, Frustration
caused by'delays in merging pull requests') can be crucial towards finding solutions to …

With the COVID-19 pandemic, strict measures have been taken to slow down the spread of
the virus, and consequently, software professionals have been forced to work from home …

The software industry lacks gender diversity. Recent research has suggested that a toxic
working culture is to blame. Studies have found that communications in software repositories …