Published in:UC Davis Graduate School of Management Research Paper ; No. 07-08
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (68 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.1291416
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Footnote:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 28, 2008 erstellt
Description:
Post-bureaucratic forms of organizing are theorized to rely upon lateral as opposed to vertical authority, but few have studied how lateral authority operates in practice. With a longitudinal, multi-network study of a mature open source project, we predict what leads individuals to gain lateral authority over collective work. While technical contributions are initially important, coordination work become more critical at a subsequent stage. After gaining authority, individuals significantly increase the effort spent coordinating project work. By specifying the antecedents and consequences of lateral authority, our research refines our theoretical conception of how knowledge work in project and communities is coordinated