Mapping job requirements of software engineers to big five personality traits

Mobashar Rehman; Ahmad Kamil Mahmood; Rohani Salleh; Aamir Amin

doi:10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297193

Mapping job requirements of software engineers to big five personality traits

Mobashar Rehman^*, Ahmad Kamil Mahmood, Rohani Salleh, Aamir Amin

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School of Organisations, Systems and People

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Abstract

Software engineering is a booming industry and is contributing to world economy in terms of providing employment and monetary benefits. Unfortunately, despite its importance, research in this field is still not mature. Studies so far done in this field have heavily focused on technical aspects rather than non-technical. In fact, software development is a human activity (performed by humans) which emphasizes the importance of research on non-technical (human or soft aspects) of software engineering. Recently there has been an increase on studies which are focusing more on the soft aspects of software engineering. This study also focuses on the human aspect of software engineering namely personality. Software engineers belong to various categories and their roles differ from each other based on their job requirements and skills needed to perform those jobs. This study mapped the hard and soft skills required by various software engineers and then linked them to personality traits using Big Five Personality Traits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1115-1122
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467319386, 9781467319362
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-1937-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297193
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2012
Event	2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 12 Jun 2012 → 14 Jun 2012

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Conference	2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	12/06/12 → 14/06/12

Keywords

Big Five
MBTI
personality traits
software engineers

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Rehman, M., Mahmood, A. K., Salleh, R., & Amin, A. (2012). Mapping job requirements of software engineers to big five personality traits. In 2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings (pp. 1115-1122). Article 6297193 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297193

Rehman, Mobashar ; Mahmood, Ahmad Kamil ; Salleh, Rohani et al. / Mapping job requirements of software engineers to big five personality traits. 2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012. pp. 1115-1122

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Rehman, M, Mahmood, AK, Salleh, R & Amin, A 2012, Mapping job requirements of software engineers to big five personality traits. in 2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings., 6297193, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1115-1122, 2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297193

Mapping job requirements of software engineers to big five personality traits. / Rehman, Mobashar; Mahmood, Ahmad Kamil; Salleh, Rohani et al.
2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2012. p. 1115-1122 6297193.

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