Examining the effect of software professionals’ personality & additional capabilities on agile teams’ climate
Sai Datta Vishnubhotla, Emília Mendes · Journal of Systems and Software · 2024
Investigating factors influencing agile team climate is pressing given its impact on organizational performance. Despite previous studies, association between human aspects and team climate remains yet unexplored. Exploring association between two human aspects, namely team member's capability measures and personality traits, and member's perceived team climate. 75 professionals (12 teams) from one division participated in the first survey iteration, second iteration in another division included 46 professionals (7 teams). We employed correlation analyses to measure association between human aspects and climate, and regression analyses to identify team climate predictors. In relation to team climate dimensions, we observed a significant negative correlation with neuroticism and a significant positive correlation with responsibility. Linear regression analysis showed capability measures accounted for 19.2% of variance in team climate. Multivariable regression analysis revealed capability measures and personality traits together accounted for 25.7% of variance in team climate. An individual's propensity towards self-doubt (neuroticism) negatively affects perceived team climate, whereas individual's ability to be responsible and teamwork-oriented positively affect perceived team climate. The inclusion of both capability and personality variables as input for multivariable regression explained slightly more variance in team climate, compared to only capability measures (25.7% against 19.2%).