Is the source strong with you? A fit perspective to predict sustained participation of FLOSS developers

Schilling A, Laumer S, Weitzel T (2011)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2011

Book Volume: 2

Pages Range: 1620-1630

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)

Event location: Shanghai, China CN

ISBN: 9781618394729

Abstract

Despite the notable success of some Free Libre Open Source (FLOSS) projects, the overwhelming majority of FLOSS initiatives fail, mostly because of insufficient long-term participation of developers. In contrast to previous research which focuses on the individual perspective, we approach developer retention from an organizational perspective to help existing project members identify potential long-term contributors who are worth spending their time on. Methodically, we transfer two concepts from professional recruiting, Person-Job (P-J) and Person-Team (P-T) fit, to the FLOSS domain and evaluate their usage to predict FLOSS developer retention. An empirical analysis reveals that both fit concepts are appropriate to explain FLOSS retention behavior. Looking at contributor retention in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) projects, we find a moderate correlation with P-J fit and a weak correlation with P-T fit.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sven Laumer Schöller Endowed Chair for Information Systems (Digitalization in Business and Society)

Involved external institutions

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Schilling, A., Laumer, S., & Weitzel, T. (2011). Is the source strong with you? A fit perspective to predict sustained participation of FLOSS developers. In International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (pp. 1620-1630). Shanghai, China, CN.

MLA:

Schilling, Andreas, Sven Laumer, and Tim Weitzel. "Is the source strong with you? A fit perspective to predict sustained participation of FLOSS developers." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Shanghai, China Ed. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2011. 1620-1630.

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