Papers
A proposed data and analysis archive for research on Free and Open Source Software and its development (Poster). eSocial Science Conference. Ann Arbor, MI.
. (2007). The role of face-to-face meetings in technology-supported self-organizing distributed teams. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communications, 50, 185–203. doi:10.1109/TPC.2007.902654
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Self-organization of teams in free/libre open source software development. Information and Software Technology Journal: Special issue on Understanding the Social Side of Software Engineering, Qualitative Software Engineering Research, 49(6), 564–575. doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.004
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Assessing the health of open source communities. IEEE Computer, 39(5), 89-91. presented at the May. doi:10.1109/MC.2006.152
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Howison_OSCON_tutorial.pdf (1.56 MB)

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Howison_LinuxWorldAsiaBW.pdf (575.23 KB)

Core and periphery in Free/Libre and Open Source software team communications. Proceedings of the 39th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-39). Kaua'i, Hawai'i, January.
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Emergent decision-making practices in technology-supported self-organizing distributed teams. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Milwaukee, WI, 10–13 Dec.
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Hierarchy and centralization in Free and Open Source Software team communications. Knowledge, Technology & Policy, 18, 65–85.
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Information systems success in Free and Open Source Software development: Theory and measures. Software Process–Improvement and Practice, 11, 123–148. doi:10.1002/spip.259
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hsd2006poster (69.42 MB)

Language and power in self-organizing distributed teams. In OCIS Division, Academy of Management Conference. Atlanta, GA.
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Howison_OpenSourceData_AcademyOpenSourcePDW2006.pdf (107.45 KB)

Social dynamics of free and open source team communications. Proceedings of the IFIP Second International Conference on Open Source Systems. Lake Como, Italy, 8-9 June.
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Collaboration Using OSSmole: A repository of FLOSS data and analyses. In Symposium on Mining Software Repositories. presented at the 05/2005, St. Louis.
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Coordination of Free/Libre Open Source Software development. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Las Vegas, NV, USA, December.
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Effective work practices for FLOSS development: A model and propositions. Proceedings of the 38th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). Big Island, Hawai'i, January. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2005.222
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Face-to-face interactions in self-organizing distributed teams. In Academy of Management Conference. Honolulu, HI.
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OSSmole: A collaborative repository for FLOSS research data and analyses. In 1st International Conference on Open Source Software. Genova, Italy.
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The social structure of Free and Open Source Software development. First Monday, 10. Retrieved from http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1207/1127
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Effective work practices for software engineering. In , Proceedings of the 2004 ACM workshop on Interdisciplinary software engineering research (WISER '04) (p. 18). Newport Beach, CA, USA: ACM Press. doi:10.1145/1029997.1030003
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The perils and pitfalls of mining SourceForge. In Workshop on Mining Software Repositories, 26th International Conference on Software Engineering. Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Towards a portfolio of FLOSS project success measures. In Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering, 26th International Conference on Software Engineering. Edinburgh.
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Defining Open Source Software project success. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Seattle, WA, December.
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