Software Engineering Occupational Stress and Knowledge Sharing in the Context of Global Software Development

The success of a software development project does
not only rely on technical support but also depends on human
and social factors. The human side of software development has
been ignored in the past decade or so, which calls for increasing
our efforts to understand this side of software engineering.
Human knowledge and creativity is the cornerstone for software
development. However, this human knowledge has lesser or no
value when it is isolated or individualized; hence knowledge
sharing becomes critical for the success of software projects. The
dilemma with knowledge sharing is that there are many
impediments to it. One such impediment can be occupational
stress which has increased after the globalization of software
engineering. In the context of Global Software Development
(GSD), the objective of this paper is to highlight the impact of
software engineering occupational stress on knowledge sharing.
To highlight this important relationship a thorough literature
survey has been conducted and the results of the survey are
presented in this paper.