descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2017 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Information & Management, volume 54, pages 573-582 (issn: 0378-7206,

Authors: Wei, Kangning; Crowston, Kevin; Eseryel, U. Yeliz; Heckman, Robert;

doi: 10.1016/j.im.2016.11.006

handle: 11370/5cbba6e8-15c3-43ff-b475-fd013e137c5c

Roles and politeness behavior in community-based free/libre open source software development

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Abstract

Community-based Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development relies on contributions from both core and peripheral members. Prior research on core-periphery has focused on software coding related behaviors. We study how core-periphery roles are related to social-relational behavior in terms of politeness behavior. Data from two FLOSS projects suggest that both core and peripheral members use more positive politeness strategies than negative strategies. Further, core and peripheral members use different strategies to protect positive face in positive politeness, which we term respect and intimacy, respectively. Our results contribute to FLOSS research and politeness theory. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Related Organizations

Shandong Women’s University
China (People's Republic of)
University of Groningen
Netherlands
Syracuse University
United States

Keywords

FACE-WORK, INNOVATION, Politeness behavior, PARTICIPATION, COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION, Core-periphery structure, TECHNOLOGY, KNOWLEDGE, Open source software development, LINGUISTIC POLITENESS

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