Understanding Goal-Directed Emotions in Agile Software Development Teams
Lan Cao, Eun Hee Park · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2017
Agile software development is people oriented and emphasizes on teamwork. The emotional experiences of the team members may creep up and significantly influence their behaviors. Our study examines the role of emotion in agile software development using a multi-site case study of two agile project teams. We develop a framework that explains how the project and individual goals trigger emotions and how the emotions influence behaviors and the project outcome. Our research highlights that agile project goals are interconnected with the individual goal and the misalignment between them bring about negative emotion when team members appraise the goal achievement situations.