Communication network characteristics of open source communities

被引：1

作者：

Hinds, David ^{[1
]}

Lee, Ronald M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Nova Southeastern University, United States

[2] Florida International University, United States

来源：

International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes | 2009年 / 1卷 / 04期

关键词：

Open source software; Social capital theory; Social network analysis; Success factors; Teams; Work groups;

D O I：

10.4018/jossp.2009100102

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摘要：

Empirical research has shown that social network structure is a critical success factor for various kinds of work groups. The authors extended this research to a new type of work group-the open source software project community-with the objective of exploring the role of communication networks within these intriguing projects. Using archival data from 143 open source project groups, the authors compiled six measures of social network structure and analyzed these in relation to four measures of group success. This study found that the social network structures of these project communities did not appear to be critical success factors at all, but rather they had no significant impact on success or their effect was opposite of that seen in prior studies of work groups. Various conjectures were suggested that might explain these results, offering opportunities for further research. © 2010, IGI Global.

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