The Role of Dependency Networks in Developer Participation Decisions in Open Source Software Ecosystems: An Application of Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models

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dc.contributor.authorMüller, Mario
dc.contributor.authorRosenkranz, Christoph
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T18:54:49Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T18:54:49Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractOpen source software relies on the contributions of developers who participate voluntarily in projects. While prior research has investigated social characteristics, relations, and connections that influence a developer’s participation, we argue that the technical relations and connections of projects, which emerge through dependencies between packages in software ecosystems, play a focal role in that decision as well. We empirically test these assertions by applying stochastic actor-oriented models to an affiliation network in the JavaScript software ecosystem. Our results show that while the number of dependencies of a project does not influence participation, developers are more likely to participate in projects to which their own projects have dependency relations. This study thereby contributes to the understanding of antecedents that influence developers’ participation decisions by highlighting the importance of project interdependencies in software ecosystems.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.086
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.other83356242-75d5-44fb-8073-959dbdd4616d
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/102715
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectVirtual Collaboration, Organizations, and Networks
dc.subjectaffiliation networks
dc.subjectdynamic network evolution
dc.subjectlongitudinal network analysis
dc.subjectopen source software
dc.subjectsoftware ecosystems
dc.titleThe Role of Dependency Networks in Developer Participation Decisions in Open Source Software Ecosystems: An Application of Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models
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