Free software developers as an occupational community: Resolving conflicts and fostering collaboration

Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 21-30

  Elliott, Margaret S ^a   Scacchi, Walt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer supported cooperative work; Conflict; Free open source software development; Occupational community; Organizational culture; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

CONFLICTS; FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; OCCUPATIONAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBSITES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 18744378585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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