A meaningful and deep understanding of the human aspects of software engineering (SE)
requires psychological constructs to be considered. Psychology theory can facilitate the …

Code review is a software quality assurance practice widely employed in both open source
and commercial software projects to detect defects, transfer knowledge and encourage …

Software engineering is a socio-technical endeavor, and while many of our contributions
focus on technical aspects, human stakeholders such as software developers are directly …

Context Code review is a widely used technique of systematic examination of code changes
which aims at increasing software quality. Code reviews provide several benefits for the …

Context The recent spike in the growth of online communities is a testament to the
technological advancements of the 21st century. People with shared interests, problems …

BACKGROUND: Software engineering is a human activity. People naturally make sense of
their activities and experience through storytelling. But storytelling does not appear to have …

Bayesian data analysis (BDA) is today used by a multitude of research disciplines. These
disciplines use BDA as a way to embrace uncertainty by using multilevel models and …

Software repositories are rich sources of qualitative artifacts, including source code
comments, commit messages, issue descriptions, and documentation. These artifacts offer …

Context: Empathy is the ability to understand and share the emotions of others. Despite its
relevance for research and practice in software engineering, it is still an under-researched …

Mudanças são comuns durante o processo de desenvolvimento de software. O indivíduo
que faz parte do processo deve estar sempre disponível a se adaptar. A adaptabilidade …