Um estudo de caso sobre o relacionamento entre personalidade e clima de equipe em equipes ágeis de desenvolvimento de software.

Abstract

Although the influence of personality on software development has been extensively investi- gated in recent decades, few studies have evaluated aspects related to team climate. A study (S1) in 2020 explored the relationship between personality dimensions and team climate fac- tors of software professionals working in agile teams. S1 collected data from 43 software professionals at a large telecommunications company in Sweden and found that a person’s ability to get along with team members (Agreeableness) significantly positively influences team mood. In addition, they observed that personality dimensions accounted for less than 15% of the variance in team climate. In the master’s work presented here, S1 is replicated using personality and team climate data from 134 software professionals from an indus- trial partner in Brazil. The data were used for correlation analysis and then five regression models were developed to predict the team’s perception of climate using the personality di- mensions. Correlation analysis showed that Agreeableness and Conscientiousness correlated with all four team climate factors and that Amiability is the only personality dimension that correlated with overall team climate . The results obtained converge with S1 when finding a correction between Agreeableness and the general atmosphere of the team, however they contradict S1 because there was no statistical correlation between Openness to experience and Support for innovation. The regression models generated reinforce that personality traits accounted for less than 15% of the variation in team climate and support that Agreeableness significantly positively influences the perceived level of team climate. It is concluded that additional data may be necessary and that other human factors, in addition to personality traits, should be investigated in relation to the team climate.