I think I know a better solution. Forget about developers, instead you should teach your UX people how to code. Just imagine, possibilities are endless. Not only can they create great user interfaces, they will also write user stories as they know problem domain so well, so no need for product owner. Now you can get rid of programmers too, who seem to be the weakest link. Usability experts themselves will be able to implement requirements. What a dream team of competent and creative people.

Jokes aside, I've reread your post with comments again. Your message sounds like developers can't bring business value to user stories only because they don't like working on user interface. And because of that they should be told what to do exactly.

http://www.useit.com

It costs $149 but it is a great read at over 75 pages and describes the problem and some solutions better than the article above.

May be it's because your developers don't care about the product they are working on? What would happen if they were passionate about it?

Here's the counter example from http://thegeektalk.com/interviews/scott-chacon:

“At GitHub we don’t have a project tracker or todo list – we just all work on whatever is most interesting to us. No standup meetings, burndown charts or points to assign. No chickens or pigs. It’s sort of the open source software style of business – everyone itches thier own scratch. Inexplicably, it works really well and keeps everyone engaged, new features appearing quickly and bugs fixed rather fast. No managers, directors, PMs or departments – and it’s the most agile, focused and efficient team I’ve ever worked with. Maybe we should write a book about it.”