The contingent role of interproject connectedness in cultivating open source software projects

IF 8.7 2区管理学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Journal of Strategic Information Systems Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jsis.2020.101598

Juliana Sutanto , Qiqi Jiang , Chuan-Hoo Tan

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Abstract

A better understanding of the key to successful open-source software (OSS) development continues to motivate research. Aligned with work that builds on the notion that an OSS development is tightly interrelated with its social environment (i.e., the OSS community), this study examines the relationship between interproject structure and OSS project success. OSS project success is reflected in two forms: popularity and knowledge creation. Extending the extant OSS literature, we theorize a contingent role of interproject connectedness. In particular, we posit three points: (1) an OSS project with more structural holes achieves higher popularity; (2) an OSS project with fewer structural holes yields higher knowledge creation; and (3) these two relationships are enhanced by an increase in project maturity. Using a dataset longitudinally collected from SourceForge.net, we found that OSS projects with widespread connectedness are more popular. This is especially so for those OSS projects in the mid-mature stage. We also found that OSS projects with a cohesive network achieve higher knowledge creation, irrespective of their maturity. Findings from our study can contribute to OSS literature by identifying OSS projects that are more likely to be successful.

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项目间连通性在培养开源软件项目中的偶然作用

更好地理解开源软件（OSS）开发成功的关键将继续推动研究。本研究结合基于开放源码软件开发与其社会环境（即开放源码软件社区）密切相关这一概念的工作，考察了跨项目结构与开放源码软件项目成功之间的关系。OSS项目的成功体现在两种形式上：普及和知识创造。扩展现存的OSS文献，我们将项目间连通性的偶然作用理论化。特别地，我们提出了三点：（1）结构漏洞越多的OSS项目就越受欢迎；（2）结构漏洞较少的开放源码软件项目会产生更高的知识创造；（3）项目成熟度的提高增强了这两种关系。使用从SourceForge.net纵向收集的数据集，我们发现具有广泛连通性的OSS项目更受欢迎。对于那些处于中成熟阶段的OSS项目来说尤其如此。我们还发现，无论成熟度如何，具有凝聚力网络的开放源码软件项目都能实现更高的知识创造。我们的研究结果可以通过确定更有可能成功的开放源码软件项目来为开放源码软件文献做出贡献。

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来源期刊

Journal of Strategic Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

17.40

自引率

4.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Strategic Information Systems focuses on the strategic management, business and organizational issues associated with the introduction and utilization of information systems, and considers these issues in a global context. The emphasis is on the incorporation of IT into organizations'' strategic thinking, strategy alignment, organizational arrangements and management of change issues.