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The people-intensive nature of software engineering has been understood for some time. Curtis et al [1] cite a number of studies in a variety of contexts demonstrating "the substantial impact of behavioural (i.e. human and organisational) factors on software productivity", while [2] believe that software companies are particularly vulnerable to people problems. Despite this recognition, however, McDermid and Bennett [3] argue that the neglect of people factors in software engineering research has had a detrimental impact on progress in software engineering.
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Sharp, H. (2007). Social and Human Aspects of Software Engineering. In: Basili, V.R., Rombach, D., Schneider, K., Kitchenham, B., Pfahl, D., Selby, R.W. (eds) Empirical Software Engineering Issues. Critical Assessment and Future Directions. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4336. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71301-2_13
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