The power of gifts: organizing social relationships in open source communities

By Magnus Bergquist, Jan Ljungberg. Information Systems Journal, 2001

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Understanding sustained participation in transactional virtual communities (2012, background): “Knowledge contributors in VCs share their knowledge with others based on a mechanism of “gift-giving” (Bergquist and Ljungberg 2001; Ljungberg 2000) or reciprocity (Wasko and Faraj, 2000).”
The dark side of trust: When trust becomes a ‘poisoned chalice’ (2014, background): “Most anthropologists, from Mauss (1954) onwards, have argued that gift-giving carries with it an implied expectation of a return in kind at some point, whether with a tangible object or in a more symbolic fashion (Bergquist and Ljungberg, 2001).”
Exploring motivations for contributing to open source initiatives: The roles of contribution context and personal values (2008, background): “Software projects have ‘‘owners’’ who initiate projects and have the right to redistribute modified versions of the software ( Bergquist & Ljungberg, 2001 ).”
The Impact of Ideology on Effectiveness in Open Source Software Development Teams (2006, background): “…with the open source development community in which OSS teams function, and several have suggested that it may be the ideology that facilitates team effectiveness in the absence of traditional organizational incentives and controls (Bergquist and Ljungberg 2001; Markus et al. 2000; Raymond 2001).”
Agile Software Development Methods: Review and Analysis (2017, background): “ will gradually start to attract more and more developers. In some cases OSS provides raw material that can be further developed and extended to comply with commercial needs. Bergquist and Ljungberg (Bergquist and Ljungberg 2001, p. 319) have studied the relationship development in OSS communities. ”
How Doctors Gain Social and Economic Returns in Online Health-Care Communities: A Professional Capital Perspective (2017, background): “measurement of the social returns of doctors [6].”
The role of online and offline features in sustaining virtual communities: an empirical study (2007, background): “Developments in virtual communities have already had a significant effect on the digital environment (Bergquist and Liungberg, 2001; de Souza and Preece, 2004; Hall and Graham, 2004).”