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Article: Understanding sustained participation in open source software projects
Title | Understanding sustained participation in open source software projects |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Communities of practice Open source software community Open source projects Qualitative study Legitimate peripheral participation |
Issue Date | 2009 |
Citation | Journal of Management Information Systems, 2009, v. 25, n. 4, p. 9-50 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Prior research into open source software (OSS) developer participation has emphasized individuals' motivations for joining these volunteer communities, but it has failed to explain why people stay or leave in the long run. Building upon Lave and Wenger's theory of legitimate peripheral participation (LPP), this paper offers a longitudinal investigation of one OSS community in which sustained participation is hypothesized to be associated with the coevolution of two major elements of LPP theory: "situated learning" (the process of acting knowledgeably and purposefully in the world) and "identity construction" (the process of being identified within the community). To test this hypothesis, data were collected from multiple sources, including online public project documents, electronic mail messages, tracker messages, and log files. Results from qualitative analyses revealed that initial conditions to participate did not effectively predict long-term participation, but that situated learning and identity construction behaviors were positively linked to sustained participation. Furthermore, this study reveals that sustained participants distinguished themselves by consistently engaging in situated learning that both made conceptual (advising others) and practical contributions (improving the code). Implications and future research are discussed. © 2009 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/307494 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 7.582 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.073 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Fang, Yulin | - |
dc.contributor.author | Neufeld, Derrick | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-03T06:22:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-03T06:22:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Management Information Systems, 2009, v. 25, n. 4, p. 9-50 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0742-1222 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/307494 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Prior research into open source software (OSS) developer participation has emphasized individuals' motivations for joining these volunteer communities, but it has failed to explain why people stay or leave in the long run. Building upon Lave and Wenger's theory of legitimate peripheral participation (LPP), this paper offers a longitudinal investigation of one OSS community in which sustained participation is hypothesized to be associated with the coevolution of two major elements of LPP theory: "situated learning" (the process of acting knowledgeably and purposefully in the world) and "identity construction" (the process of being identified within the community). To test this hypothesis, data were collected from multiple sources, including online public project documents, electronic mail messages, tracker messages, and log files. Results from qualitative analyses revealed that initial conditions to participate did not effectively predict long-term participation, but that situated learning and identity construction behaviors were positively linked to sustained participation. Furthermore, this study reveals that sustained participants distinguished themselves by consistently engaging in situated learning that both made conceptual (advising others) and practical contributions (improving the code). Implications and future research are discussed. © 2009 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Management Information Systems | - |
dc.subject | Communities of practice | - |
dc.subject | Open source software community | - |
dc.subject | Open source projects | - |
dc.subject | Qualitative study | - |
dc.subject | Legitimate peripheral participation | - |
dc.title | Understanding sustained participation in open source software projects | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2753/MIS0742-1222250401 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-68949149314 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 25 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 9 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 50 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000266257100002 | - |