Li, Q., Heckman, R., Crowston, K., Howison, J., Allen, E. E., & Eseryel, Y. (2008). Decision Making Paths in Self-Organizing Technology-Mediated Distributed Teams. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Source Systems.
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Author
Qing Li
Robert Heckman
Kevin Crowston
James Howison
Eileen Allen
Yeliz Eseryel
Abstract

This paper investigates decision making in self-organizing technology-mediated distributed teams. This context provides an opportunity to examine how the use of technological support to span temporal and organizational discontinuities affects decision-making processes. 258 software-modification decision episodes were collected from the public emailing lists of six Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects over a span of five years.

Year of Conference
2008
Conference Name
Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Source Systems
Conference Location
Paris, France, 14-17 December