Abstract
Despite impressive amount of literature on Indian software industry, research on the nature of software work (programming) is inadequate, especially by the social scientists. This paper attempts to fill the gap by examining whether task fragmentation (Taylorism) is present in the software work. Data was collected from 114 software workers in Bangalore on a task inventory. Statistical analysis of the responses did not support the task-fragmentation view. It suggests that work content does not mirror the discrete stages of software production process, and there is no clear-cut division of conception workers and execution workers. Some, India-specific, possible reasons are given to support the conclusions of the paper.
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