Motivation In Ict Industry

Motivation in modern ICT industry

Motivation is the psychological background of an individual which will make up his ego, determining whether the individual will be productive or effortful at the place of work. In the case of the ICT industry, we study what makes up the general employee in the industry, and which characteristics can be exploited. In this short report, a few models that have been studied, and how they work within a software-based company, will be discussed.

A software engineer can be characterized by various traits, which differ from the average employee, although they are still fairly based upon the basic fundamental characteristics. In a literature review drawn up by Sarah Beecham, Nathan Baddoo, Tracy Hall, Hugh Robinson and Helen Sharp (2007) , previous studies were referred to, to come up with a list of characteristics, closely related to software engineers, and similar careers. Of these traits, some are surprising, example two of the most commonly cited characteristics are contradictory; introverted and need to be sociable. This is indeed true, and it shows that you cannot depend on usual characteristics, but define according to each individual. Other frequently cited characteristics as defined in the same literature review also include need for independence and a desire to learn new skills and challenges. What could be built on top of the characteristics discussed in this review are hygiene factors which will be discussed later when dealing with the Two Factor Theorem proposed by Frederick Hertzberg.

Studies show that these characteristics are primarily affected by personal traits that make up an individual. Other controllers that usually play a role in this matter are Career paths and competencies on the...

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...ors include salary, fringe benefits and job security and more importantly work conditions, all of which depend highly on the way the firm is setup , but give more of a dissatisfaction when not present, than a satisfaction to the employee in general. The motivators can be regarded as the characteristics described earlier, which differ highly from one employee to another. The hygiene factors, on the other hand are not as individual oriented and can in general be regarded in a similar manner.

References

Beecham, S., Baddoo, N., Hall, T., Robinson, H. and Sharp, H. (2008). Motivation in Software Engineering: A systematic literature review. Information and Software Technology, 50(9), pp.860--878.

Sharp, H., Baddoo, N., Beecham, S., Hall, T. and Robinson, H. (2009). Models of motivation in software engineering. Information and Software Technology, 51(1), pp.219--233.