Crowston, Kevin, et al. “Analyzing Leadership Dynamics in Distributed Group Communication”. Proceedings of the Forty-Third Hawaiʼi International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43), 2010, doi:10.1109/HICSS.2010.62.
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Abstract
We apply social network analysis (SNA) to examine the dynamics of leadership in distributed groups, specifically Free/Libre Open Source Software development projects, and its relation to group performance. Based on prior work on leadership in distributed groups, we identify leaders with those who make the highest level of contribution to the group and assess the degree of leadership by measuring centralization of communications. We compare the dynamics of leadership in two FLOSS projects, one more and one less effective.
Year of Conference
2010
Conference Name
Proceedings of the Forty-third Hawaiʼi International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43)
Conference Location
Kauai, HI, 5–8 January
ISSN Number
0361-1434
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.2010.62