We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
A Note on Knowledge Creation in Open-Source Software Projects: What Can We Learn from Luhmann’s Theory of Social Systems?
- Authors
Morner, Michèle; Krogh, Georg
- Abstract
We use the sociological systems theory proposed by Niklas Luhmann to complement a socially-oriented view of knowledge with the role of technical infrastructure in knowledge creation. We highlight the self-referential character of knowledge creation and draw upon illustrative examples from open-source software. We discuss why knowledge creation processes are often prone to breakdown and propose three conditions that may stabilize knowledge creation processes: perceptibility, systemic memory, and modularity.
- Subjects
OPEN source software; SOCIAL systems; SYSTEMIC memory hypothesis; SOCIAL interaction; KNOWLEDGE management; LUHMANN, Niklas, 1927-1998
- Publication
Systemic Practice & Action Research, 2009, Vol 22, Issue 6, p431
- ISSN
1094-429X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11213-009-9139-7