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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESEM.2026.73
When Work Relations Matter: A Vision of Forgiveness in Software Testing

Authors: Mary Sánchez-Gordón, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, and Rahul Mohanani

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 394, 20th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2026)

Abstract
The software testing process is inherently adversarial, creating conditions for frequent and pervasive developer–tester conflicts. Although forgiveness has been studied as a tool for resolving conflicts and as a coping mechanism in the workplace context that promotes well-being and productivity, its role in software testing remains unexplored. This paper posits that cultivating forgiveness can help practitioners manage their emotional responses to conflict and therefore deserves further investigation in the context of software testing.
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Mary Sánchez-Gordón, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, and Rahul Mohanani. When Work Relations Matter: A Vision of Forgiveness in Software Testing. In 20th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 394, pp. 73:1-73:6, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{sanchezgordon_et_al:LIPIcs.ESEM.2026.73,
  author =	{S\'{a}nchez-Gord\'{o}n, Mary and Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo and Mohanani, Rahul},
  title =	{{When Work Relations Matter: A Vision of Forgiveness in Software Testing}},
  booktitle =	{20th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2026)},
  pages =	{73:1--73:6},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-450-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{394},
  editor =	{Feldt, Robert and Paasivaara, Maria and Mendez, Daniel and Wagner, Stefan and Bar\'{o}n, Marvin Mu\~{n}oz},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESEM.2026.73},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-280415},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESEM.2026.73},
  annote =	{Keywords: Forgiveness, Emotional regulation, Conflicts, Software testing}
}

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