Gender and tenure diversity in GitHub teams

B.N. Vasilescu; D. Posnett; B. Ray; M.G.J. Brand, van den; A. Serebrenik; P. Devanbu; V. Filkov

doi:10.1145/2702123.2702549

Gender and tenure diversity in GitHub teams

B.N. Vasilescu, D. Posnett, B. Ray, M.G.J. Brand, van den, A. Serebrenik, P. Devanbu, V. Filkov

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Software development is usually a collaborative venture. Open Source Software (OSS) projects are no exception; indeed, by design, the OSS approach can accommodate teams that are more open, geographically distributed, and dynamic than commercial teams. This, we find, leads to OSS teams that are quite diverse. Team diversity, predominantly in offline groups, is known to correlate with team output, mostly with positive effects. How about in OSS? Using GitHub, the largest publicly available collection of OSS projects, we studied how gender and tenure diversity relate to team productivity and turnover. Using regression modeling of GitHub data and the results of a survey, we show that both gender and tenure diversity are positive and significant predictors of productivity, together explaining a sizable fraction of the data variability. These results can inform decision making on all levels, leading to better outcomes in recruiting and performance.

Originele taal-2	Engels
Titel	33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'15, Seoul, Korea, April 18-23, 2015)
Plaats van productie	New York NY
Uitgeverij	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Pagina's	3789-3798
ISBN van geprinte versie	978-1-4503-3145-6
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702549
Status	Gepubliceerd - 2015
Evenement	33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2015 - Seoul, Zuid-Korea Duur: 18 apr. 2015 → 23 apr. 2015 Congresnummer: 33 https://chi2015.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2702123

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Congres	33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2015
Verkorte titel	CHI 2015
Land/Regio	Zuid-Korea
Stad	Seoul
Periode	18/04/15 → 23/04/15
Ander	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Internet adres	https://chi2015.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2702123

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Vasilescu, B. N., Posnett, D., Ray, B., Brand, van den, M. G. J., Serebrenik, A., Devanbu, P., & Filkov, V. (2015). Gender and tenure diversity in GitHub teams. In 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'15, Seoul, Korea, April 18-23, 2015) (blz. 3789-3798). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702549

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Vasilescu, BN, Posnett, D, Ray, B, Brand, van den, MGJ , Serebrenik, A, Devanbu, P & Filkov, V 2015, Gender and tenure diversity in GitHub teams. in 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'15, Seoul, Korea, April 18-23, 2015). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., New York NY, blz. 3789-3798, 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2015, Seoul, Zuid-Korea, 18/04/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702549

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