Do I Belong? Modeling Sense of Virtual Community Among Linux Kernel Contributors
Do I Belong? Modeling Sense of Virtual Community Among Linux Kernel Contributors
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10.1109/icse48619.2023.00038
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2023-01
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Bianca Trinkenreich;Klaas-Jan Stol;A. Sarma;D. Germán;M. Gerosa;Igor Steinmacher
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Bianca Trinkenreich;Klaas-Jan Stol;A. Sarma;D. Germán;M. Gerosa;Igor Steinmacher
心理学、医疗保健和教育等学科的研究表明，社区归属感是人类的基本需求，会影响个人的行为、长期参与和工作满意度。尽管对如何留住开源软件 (OSS) 项目和其他虚拟同行生产社区中的开发人员进行了大量研究，但很少有研究调查什么可能有助于增强这些社区的归属感。为此，我们开发了一个理论模型，旨在了解 OSS 开发者动机与虚拟社区意识 (SVC) 之间的联系。我们使用结构方程建模技术，使用 Linux 内核开发人员社区 (N=225) 收集的数据集测试模型。我们的案例研究结果表明，内在动机（社会或享乐动机）与虚拟社区感呈正相关，但生活在权威国家并获得报酬会降低虚拟社区感。根据这些结果，我们为开源项目提供建议，以培养虚拟社区意识，以期留住贡献者并提高项目的可持续性。
The sense of belonging to a community is a basic human need that impacts an individual's behavior, long-term engagement, and job satisfaction, as revealed by research in disciplines such as psychology, healthcare, and education. Despite much research on how to retain developers in Open Source Software (OSS) projects and other virtual, peer-production communities, there is a paucity of research investigating what might contribute to a sense of belonging in these communities. To that end, we develop a theoretical model that seeks to understand the link between OSS developer motives and a Sense of Virtual Community (SVC). We test the model with a dataset collected in the Linux Kernel developer community (N=225), using structural equation modeling techniques. Our results for this case study show that intrinsic motivations (social or hedonic motives) are positively associated with a sense of virtual community, but living in an authoritative country and being paid to contribute can reduce the sense of virtual community. Based on these results, we offer suggestions for open source projects to foster a sense of virtual community, with a view to retaining contributors and Improving projects' sustainability.