Does adopting inner source increase job satisfaction?
summary
A mixed‑method study links InnerSource participation to higher job satisfaction via social capital rather than a direct effect: quantitative analysis of 155 survey responses combined with GitLab activity (measured as GitLab merge requests and projects and modeled with structural equation modeling) shows participation boosts network ties, shared understanding and trust, and qualitative validation comes from 22 interviews across six organizations; recommendation is to fund slack time so engineers can build those ties and submit pull requests.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 1:34Inner source and job satisfaction
- 3:40Social capital theory
- 5:28Research model and hypothesis
- 6:49Measuring social capital and participation
- 9:18Quantitative results
- 10:21Qualitative insights
- 14:50Conclusion and call to action
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