Abstract
his paper discusses the impact of the Internet as communication technology and work environment on changing professional relations and work practices. In particular the paper contributes to a better understanding of collaboration processes enabled by the web and hereby draw a field for further research on trust within Open Source Software (OSS) communities. Having two contradictory interpretations of the technical structure of the project development we indicate its ambiguity to make a point about the meaning of trust and distrust in crating the space for cooperation. Neither trust is necessary nor distrust destructive thanks to the boundary object - the source code repository - that serves as a sole meeting point between OSS community and the company
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5-14 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organization Science |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | Sept 2013 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- trust
- open sources software
- boundary object
- communities of practice