Software (OSS) communities, the mutual impression between peers is very important for effective collaboration. However, there is little empirical evidence of how peer impression is formed and affected in those communities. We designed an...
moreSoftware (OSS) communities, the mutual impression between peers is very important for effective collaboration. However, there is little empirical evidence of how peer impression is formed and affected in those communities. We designed an online survey to understand the peer impression process between OSS participants in terms of expertise, trustworthiness, productivity, and factors that make peers easy or difficult to work with.