Returns from Social Capital in Open Source Software Networks

Méndez-Durón, Rebeca; García, Clara Eugenia García

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“…The contributors are usually located in different geographical areas. Thus, OSS projects mostly have online repositories, e.g., GitHub, that allow multiple developers to contribute independently to the project [ 4 ]. Over the last two decades, OSS development has gained popularity, and we have witnessed successful OSS projects such as Linux, MySQL, and Hadoop.…”

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“…Quantities of SC can be used to replace interpersonal trust among agents and that is due to when an organization generates positive values of SC, constituent agents gain benevolence and behave in a trusting manner [ 3 ]. Other benefits of SC are enhanced group communication, efficient use of intellectual capital, better collective action and easy way of accessing resources [ 4 ].…”

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“…The rich literature is a good addition to our view of SC, yet it falls short in differentiating SC from social network analysis that is directly affected by the network topologies. Analyses on the structural dimension, e.g., asymmetric emerging distribution of interrelations, of social capital considering the impact of it on the success of Open Source Software (OSS) projects have been discussed in [ 4 , 32 ]. Open source refers to any program in which the source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit.…”

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Towards Social Capital in a Network Organization: A Conceptual Model and an Empirical Approach

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Due to the complexity of an open multi-agent system, agents’ interactions are instantiated spontaneously, resulting in beneficent collaborations with one another for mutual actions that are beyond one’s current capabilities. Repeated patterns of interactions shape a feature of their organizational structure when those agents self-organize themselves for a long-term objective. This paper, therefore, aims to provide an understanding of social capital in organizations that are open membership multi-agent systems with an emphasis in our formulation on the dynamic network of social interactions that, in part, elucidate evolving structures and impromptu topologies of networks. We model an open source project as an organizational network and provide definitions and formulations to correlate the proposed mechanism of social capital with the achievement of an organizational charter, for example, optimized productivity. To empirically evaluate our model, we conducted a case study of an open source software project to demonstrate how social capital can be created and measured within this type of organization. The results indicate that the values of social capital are positively proportional towards optimizing agents’ productivity into successful completion of the project.

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“…A few studies have been done at the level of individual developers, though many of the same concerns apply. For example, co-membership in projects can be viewed as a social network (e.g., Méndez-Durón and García, 2009), but strong theory is needed to interpret the network. Conversely, since data are available longitudinally, there is an opportunity to perform stronger tests of theory (e.g, Subramaniam et al, 2009).…”

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Introduction to JAIS Special Issue on Empirical Research on Free/Libre Open Source Software

Crowston¹,

Wade

2010

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“…Growing research on FLOSS has addressed a variety of questions focusing on aspects ranging from open source development processes [Feller, 2001;Scacchi et al, 2006] and developer motivation [Hann et al, 2004] to economic and policy-making implications [Méndez-Durón, 2009]. Because the new domain was so large and diversified, at least two research agendas were proposed in order to investigate it: Feller and Fitzgerald's [2000] proposal was more focused on development processes, while Niederman et al [2006a and2006b] faced a wider scope drawing a more detailed agenda.…”

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Exploring the Interplay Between FLOSS Adoption and Organizational Innovation

Spagnoletti¹,

Federici²

2011

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Growing research on Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) has addressed a variety of questions focusing on aspects ranging from open source development processes and developer motivation, to economic and policymaking implications. Nevertheless, a few authors have examined the adoption of FLOSS and its impact on organizational change and innovation. Adoption studies represent a particularly promising area for information system researchers to investigate the relationship between the specific properties of FLOSS and the processes of implementation and use. The goal of this article is to contribute to this field of research by discussing a former multitargeted research agenda and by defining an empirically grounded framework for studying FLOSS adoption, drawing on the outcomes of an exploratory multiple case study involving sixteen Italian public administrations.

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Returns from Social Capital in Open Source Software Networks

Cited by 8 publications

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Towards Social Capital in a Network Organization: A Conceptual Model and an Empirical Approach

Towards Social Capital in a Network Organization: A Conceptual Model and an Empirical Approach

Introduction to JAIS Special Issue on Empirical Research on Free/Libre Open Source Software

Exploring the Interplay Between FLOSS Adoption and Organizational Innovation

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