Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: We employ recent advances in computational institutional analysis and NLP to investigate the systems of authority that are reflected in the written policy documents of the ASF. Our study to decipher the effective similarities or departures of the ASF model from conventional software companies reveals evidence of both flat and bureaucratic governance in a peer production set up, suggesting a complicated relationship between business-based theories of administrative hierarchy and foundational principles of the OSS movement.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Chakraborti, Mahasweta, Bulat, Beril, Zhong, Qiankun, Sen, Anamika, Frey, Seth
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Science Applications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4283075795