Worries of open source projects' contributors: Patterns, structures and engagement implications.
Several organizations depend on open source software (OSS) code or talent but scholars have expressed concerns about OSS projects sustainability because of the challenges they face and their high dependency on volunteers' contributions. Acknowledging that (1) challenges that contributors worry about...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 96; pp. 174 - 186 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jul2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=136201675&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 136201675 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 07475632 JC4 jtl: Computers in Human Behavior issn: 07475632 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2019 vid: 96 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 136201675 10.1016/j.chb.2019.02.005 ppf: 174 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Worries of open source projects' contributors: Patterns, structures and engagement implications. aug: au: Poba-Nzaou, Placide Uwizeyemungu, Sylvestre affil: Organization and Human Resources Department, ESG School of Management, University of Quebec in Montreal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada Accounting Department, University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, 3351 Boulevard des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada su: Communication Patient participation Social responsibility Cluster analysis (Statistics) Computer software Entrepreneurship Factor analysis Research Surveys sug: subj: Communication Patient participation Social responsibility Computer and software stores Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers Computer, computer peripheral and pre-packaged software merchant wholesalers Software publishers (except video game publishers) Cluster analysis (Statistics) Computer software Entrepreneurship Factor analysis Research Surveys keyword: Configurational analysis Contributors worries Engagement Equifinality Open source Configurational analysis Contributors worries Engagement Equifinality Open source ab: Several organizations depend on open source software (OSS) code or talent but scholars have expressed concerns about OSS projects sustainability because of the challenges they face and their high dependency on volunteers' contributions. Acknowledging that (1) challenges that contributors worry about may impact their level of engagement (2) there have been few research on nonpathological worry with non-clinical samples in work-related context as opposed to the pathological and clinical focus (3) calls have been made for further empirical research on equifinality perspective at a micro- and meso-level (or group level) as opposed to organizational level, and from a behavioral perspective. This exploratory research uses factor and cluster analysis to derive empirical worrying profiles and examines profile differences in the relative level of relevant antecedents as well as equifinality in terms of contributors' engagement (hours per week working on OSS projects). Based on an open dataset from a worldwide survey (N = 1024), the study reveals the existence of four dimensions of OSS worry construct and five worrying profiles with marked configurational differences: no major worry (34.70%), major worry on software quality (19.30%), major worry on attraction and retention (18.60%), major worry on entrepreneurial responsibilities (12.40%), and major worry on communications (15%). Among the five profiles, two profiles exhibit equifinality with high (equifinal) engagement level. • Open source project worry construct contains four dimensions. • There are five worrying profiles of open source project contributors. • Different profiles are associated with different levels of contributors engagement. • Two different profiles may lead to equifinal levels of contributors engagement. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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