13 papers
Understanding Undesirable Attributes of Requirements Engineers: Insights from Practitioners
Larissa Barbosa, Sávio Freire, Marcos Kalinowski +4
Context. The characteristics of software professionals have been widely investigated in the literature. However, limited attention has been given to undesirable attributes in Requi…
Software Engineering Podcasts: An Empirical Study of Their Potential as a Research Resource
Marvin Wyrich, Marcos Kalinowski, Adolfo Neto +1
Podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium for knowledge sharing within the software engineering (SE) community, offering insights into industry developments and the persp…
A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Coaching to Mitigate the Impostor Phenomenon in Early-Career Software Engineers
Paloma Guenes, Joan Leite, Rafael Tomaz +4
Context: The Impostor Phenomenon (IP), the persistent belief of being a fraud despite evident competence, is common in Software Engineering (SE), where high expectations for expert…
Constructive Patterns for Human-Centered Tech Hiring
Allysson Allex Araújo, Gabriel Vasconcelos, Marvin Wyrich +3
[Context] Online Recruitment and Selection (R&S) processes are often the first point of contact between early-career software engineers and the tech industry. Yet many candidates e…
Impacts of Generative AI on Agile Teams' Productivity: A Multi-Case Longitudinal Study
Rafael Tomaz, Paloma Guenes, Allysson Allex Araújo +2
Context: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as GitHub Copilot and GPT tools, represent a paradigm shift in software engineering. While their impact is clear, mo…
Towards an OSF-based Registered Report Template for Software Engineering Controlled Experiments
Ana B. M. Bett, Thais S. Nepomuceno, Edson OliveiraJr +3
Context: The empirical software engineering (ESE) community has contributed to improving experimentation over the years. However, there is still a lack of rigor in describing contr…