一句话：通过调查102名从业者，揭示软件测试中知识隐藏行为的工作条件与情境性，并指出其值得进一步研究。
软件开发是知识密集且依赖协作的活动，但从业者有时会故意隐瞒或保留与软件任务相关的信息、想法或专长，即便队友明确请求，这被称为知识隐藏行为。本文关注软件测试场景中的知识隐藏：研究基于工作条件、知识隐藏行为以及软件测试相关知识的测量设计问卷，收集并分析102名软件从业者的回答。结果显示仅13名参与者报告了知识隐藏行为，但作者强调这一现象不应被忽视。研究凸显知识隐藏的情境性，认为在软件团队中进一步探索知识隐藏是有前景的研究方向。
Software development is a knowledge-intensive and collaborative activity. However, practitioners may sometimes deliberately conceal or withhold information, ideas, or expertise relevant to software tasks, even when a teammate explicitly requests such knowledge. This is known as knowledge hiding behaviour (KHBs). This study explores what knowledge is hidden in software testing. A survey was designed based on measures of work conditions, KHBs, and knowledge related to software testing. Responses from 102 software practitioners were collected and analysed. Although only 13 participants reported KHBs, these should not be overlooked. Findings highlight the contextual nature of KHBs, suggesting that exploring KHBs in software teams is a promising avenue for future research.
@inproceedings{paperbot12005,
title = {Demystifying Knowledge Hiding in Software Testing: Insights from Practitioners},
author = {Mary Sánchez-Gordón and Ricardo Colomo-Palacios and Kiev Gama and Aliaksandr Hubin},
booktitle = {ICSE},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1145/3786581.3786937}
}