Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2008
Abstract
The study examines the relationship between social network structure and knowledge sharing in Open Source Software (OSS) development teams. One hundred and fifty projects were selected from SourceForge.net using stratified sampling. Social network structure was measured by two indices: degree of centralization and core/periphery fitness. Knowledge sharing was measured from two aspects: the quality of knowledge sharing that is indicated by the helpfulness of messages and the quantity of knowledge sharing that is indicated by the number of messages. The results show that social network structure significantly affects the quantity of knowledge sharing. However, social network structure does not influence the quality of knowledge sharing. In addition to the contribution to OSS literature, the results of this study also inform OSS practice.
Keywords
Open Source Software (OSS) development, Social network, Network structure, Knowledge sharing, Content analysis
Discipline
Databases and Information Systems | Software Engineering
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Areas of Excellence
Digital transformation
Publication
Proceedings of the 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2008), Toronto, Ontario, August 14-17
First Page
1
Last Page
14
Publisher
AIS
City or Country
Atlanta
Citation
LONG, Y. and SIAU, Keng.
Impacts of social network structure on knowledge sharing in open source software development teams. (2008). Proceedings of the 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2008), Toronto, Ontario, August 14-17. 1-14.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9736
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2008/43