Leadership style vs. success in student chief programmer teams

ABSTRACT

The style of leadership on chief programmer teams was inferred from student peer evaluations, using a sample of 87 teams over a seven-year period. The strongest correlations with team success resulted from diligent attention (or lack thereof) to the duties of the Chief Programmer, Backup, and Librarian, rather than from leadership personality factors.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Human factors

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.9 Management
          Subjects: Programming teams

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION

General Terms:
Human Factors, Management, Measurement, Performance