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Happy Developers Are Better Problem Solvers

posted by girlwhowaspluggedout on Tuesday March 11 2014, @09:15PM   
from the i-thought-those-perks-were-meant-to-keep-us-at-the-office-until-dawn dept.

lhsi writes:

"Research done by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzanohas in Italy concluded that happy software developers are better at solving analytical problems. 'Even simple and short activities', the researchers note, 'may impact the affective states of software developers.'

Many large software companies have been providing various perks to developers, hoping that they will become more productive. Based on a study of 42 students from the Faculty of Computer Science, this research seems to validate that practice. Its findings suggest that 'the happiest software developers are more productive in analytical problem solving performance.' This is in contradiction to previous studies, most of which concluding that negative affective states foster analytic problem-solving performance.

• Re:Leave me alone(Score: 3, Insightful) by tlezer on Tuesday March 11 2014, @09:46PM

  by tlezer (708) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @09:46PM (#14890)

  I think this is right. The problem is that even if HR or PHB understand this, they may try to apply a one size fits all methodology to engender happiness.

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