ABSTRACT

The design of software development methods focuses on improving task processes, including accommodating changing user requirements and accelerating product delivery. However, there is limited research on how the use of different software development methods impacts IT professionals’ perceptions of organizational mobility. Drawing on concepts from the agile development literature and job characteristics theory, we formulate a moderated mediation model explicating the mechanism and the condition under which agile development use exerts an influence on IT professionals’ intention to stay with their current employer. Specifically, we examine job satisfaction as mediating the effect of using agile development on the intention to stay as well as how the strength of the mediated relationship differs across firms. We test our hypotheses using a sample of 32,389 software developers. We find that job satisfaction fully mediates the effect of using agile development on the intention to stay. The strength of the mediation effect is significantly different for large and small firms.

摘要

软件开发方法的设计侧重于改进任务流程，包括适应不断变化的用户需求和加速产品交付。然而，关于不同软件开发方法的使用如何影响 IT 专业人员对组织流动性的看法的研究有限。借鉴敏捷开发文献和工作特征理论的概念，我们制定了一个有调节的中介模型，阐明了敏捷开发使用对 IT 专业人员留在当前雇主的意愿产生影响的机制和条件。具体来说，我们将工作满意度作为中介使用敏捷开发对留任意图的影响以及中介关系的强度如何在公司之间存在差异。我们使用 32,389 名软件开发人员的样本来检验我们的假设。我们发现，工作满意度完全调节了使用敏捷开发对留任意愿的影响。大企业和小企业的中介效应强度有显着差异。