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

Additional URL

http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2008/43

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