Description
The Open Source Software Development (OSSD) community has been influenced dramatically because the COVID-19 pandemic makes work from home (WFH) the new way of working. While existing studies demonstrate the ef ects of WFH on the productivity of developers, few studies shed light on its impact on contribution to OSSD. The current study investigates the impact of disruptive events like COVID-19 and the changing working conditions on sustained contribution towards open source software development as a community service. The preliminary results based on an analysis of the GitHub ecosystem illustrate that the overall OSSD contributions have witnessed an increase post WFH. Our study has important theoretical and practical implications for scholars and open-source platform owners and users.
Recommended Citation
Singh, Shivendu Pratap; Yadav, Pratyush; and Qiao, Zhilei, "Penguin Has Entered the Home: The Impact of COVID-19 Induced Work From Home on Open Source Software Development" (2021). ICIS 2021 Proceedings. 3.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2021/paperathon/paperathon/3
Penguin Has Entered the Home: The Impact of COVID-19 Induced Work From Home on Open Source Software Development
The Open Source Software Development (OSSD) community has been influenced dramatically because the COVID-19 pandemic makes work from home (WFH) the new way of working. While existing studies demonstrate the ef ects of WFH on the productivity of developers, few studies shed light on its impact on contribution to OSSD. The current study investigates the impact of disruptive events like COVID-19 and the changing working conditions on sustained contribution towards open source software development as a community service. The preliminary results based on an analysis of the GitHub ecosystem illustrate that the overall OSSD contributions have witnessed an increase post WFH. Our study has important theoretical and practical implications for scholars and open-source platform owners and users.
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