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Three Research Essays: Organizational Learning Structure and Motivations within Open Source Software Development

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: This work proposes a multi-method, multi-theoretic approach to increasing our understanding of open source software development.Three research projects explore different aspects of the open software development process.A computerbased simulation allows the investigation of consequences from organizing the work of software development in either traditional hierarchical form or in the emerging open-source organizational form.Organizational learning is studied in the open source context through the examination of routines before and after a crisis in software functionality.Role theory emerges as an explanation of both increasing and decreasing motivations for individual developers in the open source community.These essays give insight into micro-behaviors, processes of learning and implications of organizational design on the performance of software development organizations.

Source: Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Author: Derek Hillison

Institution: Michigan State University

Language: English

Topic: Open Source Software Innovations

Subfield: Computer Science Applications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1562919378

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Cites: 20

Cited by: 1

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