Issues and opinion on structural equation modeling
MIS Quarterly
Shared leadership in the Apache project
Communications of the ACM
The cathedral and the bazaar: musings on Linux and open source by an accidental revolutionary
The cathedral and the bazaar: musings on Linux and open source by an accidental revolutionary
Open source movements as a model for organising
European Journal of Information Systems
Understanding open source software development
Understanding open source software development
Portfolios of Control in Outsourced Software Development Projects
Information Systems Research
Balancing and Rebalancing in the Creation and Evolution of Organizational Control
Organization Science
Deploying Common Systems Globally: The Dynamics of Control
Information Systems Research
An empirical analysis of open source software developers' motivations and continuance intentions
Information and Management
The Matrix of Control: Combining Process and Structure Approaches to Managing Software Development
Journal of Management Information Systems
Working for Free? Motivations for Participating in Open-Source Projects
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Determinants of open source software project success: A longitudinal study
Decision Support Systems
Volunteers' involvement in online community based software development
Information and Management
The transformation of open source software
MIS Quarterly
Ascending into order: A reflective analysis from a small open source development team
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Empirical Comparison of 3-D Virtual World and Face-to-Face Classroom for Higher Education
Journal of Database Management
Open Source Software Development Process Model: A Grounded Theory Approach
Journal of Global Information Management
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Open source software OSS has achieved great success and exerted significant impact on the software industry. OSS development takes online community as its organizational form, and developers voluntarily work for the project. In the project execution process, control aligns individual behaviors toward the organizational goals via the Internet and becomes critical to the success of OSS projects. This paper investigates the control modes in OSS project communities, and their effects on project performance. Based on a web survey and archival data from OSS projects, it is revealed that three types of control modes, that is, outcome, clanship, and self-control, are effective in an OSS project community. The study contributes to a better understanding of OSS project organizations and processes, and provides advice for OSS development.