Papers
. (2007). 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
070122.pdf (1.94 MB). (2007). 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
060918.pdf (282.58 KB). (2006). Assessing the health of open source communities. IEEE Computer, 39(5), 89-91. doi:10.1109/MC.2006.152
Paper.pdf (397.76 KB) Howison_OSCON_tutorial.pdf (1.56 MB) Howison_LinuxWorldAsiaBW.pdf (575.23 KB). (2006). Core and periphery in Free/Libre and Open Source software team communications. Proceedings of the 39th Hawai'i International Conference on System System (HICSS). Kaua'i, Hawai'i, January.
CoreAndPeripheryInFreeLibre.pdf (290.75 KB). (2006). 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.
Emergent Decision Making Practices In Technology Supported Self O.pdf (360.42 KB). (2006). Hierarchy and centralization in Free and Open Source Software team communications. Knowledge, Technology & Policy, 18, 65–85.
HierarchyAndCentralization.pdf (566.38 KB). (2006). 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
InformationSystemsSuccessInFree.pdf (1.1 MB) hsd2006poster (69.42 MB). (2006). Language and power in self-organizing distributed teams. In OCIS Division, Academy of Management Conference. Atlanta, GA.
LanguageAndPowerInSelf-organizing.pdf (863.7 KB). (2006). Open Source Data Sources.
Howison_OpenSourceData_AcademyOpenSourcePDW2006.pdf (107.45 KB). (2006). 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.
SocialDynamics.pdf (268.56 KB). (2005). Collaboration Using OSSmole: A repository of FLOSS data and analyses. In Symposium on Mining Software Repositories. St. Louis.
CollaborationUsingOSSmole.pdf (60.77 KB). (2005). Coordination of Free/Libre Open Source Software development. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Las Vegas, NV, USA, December.
Paper.pdf (115.49 KB) Slides.pdf (942.29 KB). (2005). 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
Paper.pdf (141 KB) Presentation.pdf (426.61 KB). (2005). Face-to-face interactions in self-organizing distributed teams. In Academy of Management Conference. Honolulu, HI.
FaceToFace Interactions.pdf (4.6 MB). (2005). OSSmole: A collaborative repository for FLOSS research data and analyses. In 1st International Conference on Open Source Software. Genova, Italy.
OSSmole A collaborative repository_0.pdf (208.55 KB). (2005). 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
Social structure of Free and Open Source Software development.pdf (506.96 KB). (2004). 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
p18-crowston.pdf (381.25 KB). (2004). The perils and pitfalls of mining SourceForge. In Workshop on Mining Software Repositories, 26th International Conference on Software Engineering. Edinburgh, Scotland.
The perils and pitfalls of mining SourceForge.pdf (64.33 KB). (2004). Towards a portfolio of FLOSS project success measures. In Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering, 26th International Conference on Software Engineering. Edinburgh.
Towards_a_Portfolio_ of _FLOSS_Project.pdf (306.18 KB). (2003). Defining Open Source Software project success. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Seattle, WA, December.
icis2003success (235.41 KB)