To Assert or Defend My Role as an OSS Developer: How IT Infrastructure Access Changes the Effect of Digital Platform Behavior on Firm Mobility

Presenter Information

Sherae Daniel, University of CincinnatiFollow
Likoebe M. Maruping, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Renzhi (Fred) Zhao, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Truong (Jack) P. Luu, University of UniversityFollow

Paper Type

ERF

Description

Increasingly firms seek and employ open source software (OSS) developers using digital platforms (e.g., LinkedIn and GitHub). OSS developers display their skills in a variety of ways on these platforms to attract firms. However, it remains unclear whether all OSS developer behaviors influence an OSS developer’s firm mobility in the same way. This work takes an impression formation lens to understand how OSS developer behaviors enacted in digital platforms lead to firm mobility. Furthermore, we consider how an OSS developer’s access to IT infrastructure may alter these relationships. We propose an archival data study to better understand these relationships. Implications of this study exist for the impression formation theoretical lens, OSS developers, firms that employ them, and the digital platforms that connect the two parties.

Paper Number

1206

Comments

Future

Recommended Citation

Daniel, Sherae; Maruping, Likoebe M.; Zhao, Renzhi (Fred); and Luu, Truong (Jack) P., "To Assert or Defend My Role as an OSS Developer: How IT Infrastructure Access Changes the Effect of Digital Platform Behavior on Firm Mobility" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings. 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/fow/fow/4