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Despite being regarded as a path-breaking model of organising, Weick’s Enactment-Selection-Retention (ESR) model has been labelled too abstract a model find any practical applications. This paper attempts to show that exploration-oriented open source projects represent valuable case studies where Weick’s ESR model can be applied. By taking the Linux case study as a case in point, it is argued that a qualitative analysis of micro interactions (i.e. double interacts) might reveal broad organising patterns. Preliminary implications in terms of coordination and knowledge making processes are discussed in the final section.
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- Open Source Project
- Interaction Cycle
- Open Source Software Development
- Communication Cycle
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Iannacci, F. (2006). On the Weickian Model in the Context of Open Source Software Development: Some Preliminary Insights. In: Damiani, E., Fitzgerald, B., Scacchi, W., Scotto, M., Succi, G. (eds) Open Source Systems. OSS 2006. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 203. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34226-5_1
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