Seminar: Do I Belong? Modeling Sense of Virtual Community Among Linux Kernel Contributors
When: 11:00 am Wednesday September 25th, 2023 |
Where: Room 1202 Patrick F. Taylor Hall |
ABSTRACT |
This talk centers on the essential human need for belonging within a community, a need that significantly shapes behavior, long-term engagement, and job satisfaction. Drawing from research in fields like psychology, healthcare, and education, it explores the relevance of this need to contributors in Open Source Software (OSS) projects. I will present results from a quantitative investigation of belongingness in the OSS context. A theoretical model was developed to scrutinize the connection between motivations and belongingness, and this model was applied to data collected from the Linux Kernel developer community, utilizing structural equation modeling techniques, moderation analysis, and cluster analysis. The discoveries initiated a series of follow-up studies examining the sense of belonging within software development teams at a technology company. These investigations delved deeper into additional factors linked to belongingness and endeavors to strengthen this sense of belonging. |
Bianca Trinkenreich
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