  Requirements Engineering (RE)-related activities require high collaboration
between various roles in software engineering (SE), such as requirements
engineers, stakeholders, developers, etc. Their demographics, views,
understanding of technologies, working styles, communication and collaboration
capabilities make RE highly human dependent. Identifying how "human aspects"
such as motivation, domain knowledge, communication skills, personality,
emotions, culture, etc. might impact RE-related activities would help us
improve the RE and SE in general. This study aims to better understand current
industry perspectives on the influence of human aspects on RE-related
activities, specifically focusing on motivation and personality by targeting
software practitioners involved in RE-related activities. Our findings indicate
that software practitioners consider motivation, domain knowledge, attitude,
communication skills and personality as highly important human aspects when
involved in RE-related activities. A set of factors were identified as software
practitioners motivational factors when involved in RE-related activities and
identified important personality characteristics to have when involved in RE.
We also identified factors that made individuals less effective when involved
in RE-related activities and obtained an initial idea on measuring individuals
performance when involved in RE. The findings from our study suggest various
areas needing more investigation, and we summarise a set of key recommendations
for further research.
