56 research outputs found
We All Know How, Donât We? On the Role of Scrum in IT-Offshoring
Part 2: Creating Value through Software DevelopmentInternational audienceOffshoring in the IT-industry involves dual interactions between a mother company and an external supplier, often viewed with an implicit perspective from the mother company. This article review general off shoring and IT offshoring literature, focusing on the proliferation of a globally available set of routines; Scrum and Agile. Two cases are studied; a small company and short process and a large mother company with a long process. The interactions of the set ups shows that global concepts like Scrum and Agile are far from a common platform. The âwell knownâ concepts are locally shaped and the enterprises have mixed experiences
Crowdsourcing Controls: A Review and Research Agenda for Crowdsourcing Controls Used for Macro-tasks
Crowdsourcingâthe employment of ad hoc online labor to perform various tasksâhas become a popular outsourcing vehicle. Our current approach to crowdsourcingâfocusing on micro-tasksâfails to leverage the potential of crowds to tackle more complex problems. To leverage crowds to tackle more complex macro tasks requires a better comprehension of crowdsourcing controls. Crowdsourcing controls are mechanisms used to align crowd workersâ actions with predefined standards to achieve a set of goals and objectives. Unfortunately, we know very little about the topic of crowdsourcing controls directed at accomplishing complex macro tasks. To address issues associated with crowdsourcing controls formacro-tasks, this chapter has several objectives. First, it presents and discusses the literature on control theory. Second, this chapter presents a scoping literature review of crowdsourcing controls. Finally, the chapter identifies gaps and puts forth a research agenda to address these shortcomings. The research agenda focuses on understanding how to employ the controls needed to perform macro-tasking in crowds and the implications for crowdsourcing system designers.National Science Foundation grant CHS-1617820Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/150493/1/Robert 2019 Preprint Chapter 3.pdfDescription of Robert 2019 Preprint Chapter 3.pdf : PrePrint Versio
Whatâs the weather like: the role of team climate infacilitating individualâs technology exploration and use
Given the pervasive use of teams in organizations coupled with high levels
of investment in collaboration technology, there is increasing interest in identifying
factors that affect the exploration and use of a broader scope of system features so that
firms can benefit from the use of such technology. Prior research has called for a deeper
understanding of how managers can encourage greater innovation with technology in
the workplace. Drawing on the team climate and technology use literatures, we identify
team learning climate and team empowerment climate as key factors that affect
employeesâ propensity to explore a new systemâs features
the effect of team climate and individual attributes on individual intention to explore a technology
The paper illustrates how the effect of gender and age affect individual usage scope of a new technology. Results show the moderating effect of gender and age
Developer Centrality and the Impact of Value Congruence and Incongruence on Commitment and Code Contribution Activity in Open Source Software Communities
Open source software (OSS) communities are dependent on the code contributions of developers who, in many cases, never meet face-to-face and collaborate primarily through technology-enabled means. With their fluid membership, such communities often rely on engaging the commitment of developers to their cause. Given the changing nature of OSS communities, developers face barriers in appreciating appropriate ways of contributing to the collaborative effort. Such uncertainty about how to contribute results in OSS communities losing developers as they devote their attention to other, more welcoming, communities. In this research, we draw upon uncertainty reduction theory to argue that developers have two alternative avenues at their disposal to gain certainty about how to contribute: passive and interactive. Leveraging the personâenvironment fit perspective, we argue that congruence and incongruence in the OSS values of a developer and an OSS community serve as an avenue for passive approaches to gaining certainty, to the degree that appropriate ways of contributing are encoded in these values. Further, leveraging social network theory, we argue that centrality within a communityâs communication network constitutes an avenue for interactive approaches for gaining certainty about how to contribute. Using polynomial regression analysis, we analyze survey and archival data from 410 developers in an OSS community. Results suggest that developer centrality moderates the impact of congruence and incongruence in OSS values on commitment. Moreover, commitment fully mediates the impact of OSS value congruence and incongruence on developer contribution activity. We discuss the implications of our findings for research and practice
Alleviating the perils of dispersion: a study of procedural justice climate and team innovation
The paper compares the mediating and moderating role of procedural justice climate in team dispersed setting. Results, show that procedural justice climate plays a moderating role in alleviating the challenges of team members dispersion
Developer Centrality and the Impact of Value Congruence and Incongruence on Commitment and Code Contribution Activity in Open Source Software Communities
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