Participation in Community-Based Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Tasks: The Impact of Task Characteristics

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Source:

Internet Research, Volume 31, Issue 4, p.1177-1202 (2021)

Abstract:

<p>Prior research on participation in FLOSS development has focused mainly on factors at the individual and/or project levels. In this research, we focus on task characteristics and explore their impacts on participation in FLOSS development tasks. Analyzing tasks from five projects in two categories, we find differences in participation related to different task triggers and task topics. Further, our results suggest the mediating role of number of participants in the relationship between task characteristics and the number of messages and the moderating role of project type in the relationships between task characteristics and the number of participants.</p>

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