User and developer mediation in an Open Source Software community: Boundary spanning through cross participation in online discussions

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 558-570

  Barcellini, Flore ^a,b   Détienne, Françoise ^a   Burkhardt, Jean Marie ^a,c  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary spanners; Cross participants; Distributed design; Open Source Software Community; Role emerging design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY SPANNERS; CROSS-PARTICIPANTS; DISTRIBUTED DESIGN; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY; ROLE EMERGING DESIGN;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 44449152070     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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