%0 Conference Paper %A Amin, A. %A Basri, S. %A Hassan, M.F. %A Rehman, M. %D 2011 %F scholars:1770 %K Communication barriers; creativity; Global software development; Human knowledge; knowledge sharing; Literature survey; Software developer; Software engineers; Theoretical framework, Communication; Engineering research; Engineers; Industrial engineering; Knowledge management; Software engineering; Stresses, Software design %P 394-398 %R 10.1109/IEEM.2011.6117946 %T Occupational stress, knowledge sharing and GSD communication barriers as predictors of software engineer's creativity %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/1770/ %X Human knowledge and creativity is the cornerstone for software development. Creativity has recently been emphasized in software development. However there has not been enough research work addressing creativity of software engineers working in Global Software Development (GSD). The aim of this study is to provide a theoretical framework of creativity in the context of GSD. Using the methodology of literature survey, factors such as knowledge sharing, software engineering occupational stress and GSD communication barriers have been hypothesized to be effecting creativity directly or indirectly. At the end a theoretical framework of software developer's creativity has been presented. © 2011 IEEE. %Z cited By 7; Conference of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2011 ; Conference Date: 6 December 2011 Through 9 December 2011; Conference Code:88254