Exploring turnover, retention and growth in an OSS Ecosystem
The Gentoo ecosystem has evolved significantly over 23 years, highlighting the critical impact of developer sentiment on workforce dynamics such as turnover, retention, and growth. While prior research has explored sentiment at the project level, sentiment-driven dynamics at the component level remain underexplored, particularly in their implications for software stability.
Authors
- Tien Rahayu Tulili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1890-7407)
- Andrea Capiluppi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9469-6050)
- Ayushi Rastogi
Institutions
- University of Groningen (NL)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3756681.3757050
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Software Engineering Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.25