Interpretative insights into interpersonal trust and effectiveness of virtual communities of open source software (OSS) developers
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Paper/Presentation Title | Interpretative insights into interpersonal trust and effectiveness of virtual communities of open source software (OSS) developers |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Lane, Michael S. (Author), van der Vyver, Glen (Author), Basnet, Prajwal (Author) and Howard, Srecko (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2004) |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2004 |
Place of Publication | Hobart, Tasmania |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2004/93 |
Conference/Event | 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2004) |
Event Details | 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2004) Parent Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) Delivery In person Event Date 01 to end of 03 Dec 2004 Event Location Hobart, Australia |
Abstract | This paper reports on the qualitative aspect of a study which investigated the importance of interpersonal trust (cognitive trust, affective trust) in virtual communities of developers involved in open source projects at the SourceForge.net web portal. The qualitative responses to an online survey from developers involved in open source projects at SourceForge.net provided rich contextual insights into open source software development. The interpretative analysis of these qualitative data provided a number of interesting findings that show interpersonal trust (cognitive, affective) is important to the effectiveness of virtual communities of core developers involved in open source projects. The findings also show that trust is dynamic and built over time, that there are different levels of trust within an open source project and cognitive and affective trust operate interdependently. |
Keywords | open source software, virtual communities, affective trust, cognitive trust, SourceForge.net |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 461299. Software engineering not elsewhere classified |
520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | |
460999. Information systems not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Information Systems |
University of the Sunshine Coast |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y746/interpretative-insights-into-interpersonal-trust-and-effectiveness-of-virtual-communities-of-open-source-software-oss-developers
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