Exploring and conceptualising software-based motivation within enterprise

  • Alimohammad Shahri*
  • , Mahmood Hosseini
  • , Keith Phalp
  • , Jaqui Taylor
  • , Raian Ali
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Staff motivation leads to more efficiency, quality and enjoyment while performing tasks and fulfilling business requirements. Software-based motivation is the use of technology, such as gamification, persuasive technology and entertainment computing to facilitate and boost such behaviour and attitude. Despite its importance and unique peculiarities, motivation is not yet seen as a first class concept in enterprise modelling and requirements engineering literature. An ad-hoc design and deployment of software-based motivation might be detrimental and menace significantly other functional and non-functional requirements of the business, e.g., giving certain requirements more priority, increasing pressure to complete tasks, increasing competition to win the reward, etc. In this research, we follow a mixed method approach to conceptualise software-based motivation within enterprises taking the perspective of managers and employees and, also, experts from a wide range of domains including psychology, HCI, human factors in computing and software engineering. Our findings suggest the need for a personalised and human-centred engineering method of software-based motivation within enterprises which treats their profiles and preferences as equally important to their business roles. A blueprint of such method is introduced.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Practice of Enterprise Modeling - 9th IFIP WG 8.1. Working Conference, PoEM 2016, Proceedings
EditorsJennifer Horkoff, Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Anne Persson
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages241-256
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783319483924
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event9th IFIP WG 8.1. Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling, PoEM 2016 - Skovde, Sweden
Duration: 8 Nov 201610 Nov 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume267
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Conference

Conference9th IFIP WG 8.1. Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling, PoEM 2016
Country/TerritorySweden
CitySkovde
Period8/11/1610/11/16

Keywords

  • Conceptual modelling
  • Gamificaiton
  • Human centred design
  • Human factors in computing
  • Requirements engineering

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