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The impact of national culture on software engineering practices

Author(s) -

Aileen CaterSteel,

Mark Toleman

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

international journal of technology policy and management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.189

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 1741-5292

pISSN - 1468-4322

DOI - 10.1504/ijtpm.2008.016182

Subject(s) - globalization , outsourcing , social software engineering , software , software development , engineering management , software engineering process group , hofstede's cultural dimensions theory , engineering , software engineering , business , computer science , political science , software development process , software construction , sociology , marketing , social science , law , programming language

Trends that have contributed to the globalisation of the software engineering industry include virtual collaborative teams, off-shore outsourcing, and international migration of IT professionals. These three trends and the international spread of software engineering standards and methodologies are explored with specific examples from the Australian software engineering industry. Results from a Europe/Australia study about adoption of software best practice conducted in 16 countries are then summarised and analysed using Hofstede's cultural dimensions. The discussion considers the efficacy of the concept 'national culture' in light of the analysis and concludes that software engineering researchers need to reconsider the concept and measurement of national culture. Implications of the globalisation of software engineering standards and methodologies on various stakeholders are discussed.

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