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Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg October 25, 2013

Career in Open Source? Relevant Competencies for Successful Open Source Developers / Karriere in Open Source? Relevante Kompetenzen für erfolgreiche Open Source Entwickler

  • Nicole Kimmelmann

    Prof. Dr. Nicole Kimmelmann

    since 04/11 Juniorprofessor for Professional Competence Development (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)

    08/06–04/11 Research Assistant at the Chair for Vocational Education and Training at University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2009: Phd degree Dr. rer.pol)

    03/06–08/06 Teacher for German as a foreign Language

    10/05–03/06 Assistant of the National German Advisor, New Zealand, Wellington

    10/04–09/05 Teacher /Educational Manager

    09/05 Degree in German as a Foreign Language (Certificate)

    09/04 Degree in VET & Human Resource Management (Diploma)

    09/97–07/99 Apprenticeship as a bank clerk

    07/97 High School degree

    1978 Born in Nuremberg

    Address: Juniorprofessur für Berufliche Kompetenzentwicklung, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lange Gasse 20, D-90403 Nürnberg, e-mail: nicole.kimmelmann@wiso.uni-erlangen.de

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Summary

Open Source (OS) offers new ways of career for software developers. The article describes relevant competencies in a systematic structure along characteristic principles and challenges in Open Source projects. The results are based on a Grounded Theory content analysis of interviews with Open Source software developers, their project managers and human resource managers in Open Source software companies. Implications for future Human Resource Management in software companies are presented as an outlook.

Zusammenfassung

Open Source bietet für Software-Entwickler neue Wege der Karriere. Der Beitrag skizziert die hierfür notwendigen Kompetenzen in einer systematischen Struktur entlang von charakteristischen Merkmalen und Herausforderungen der Entwicklung in Open Source Projekten. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf Interviews mit Open Source Software Entwicklern, Entwicklungsleitern und Personalentwicklern in Open Source Unternehmen, die im Sinne eines Grounded Theory Ansatzes ausgewertet wurden. Handlungsempfehlungen für zukünftige Personalentwicklungsmaßnahmen in Software Unternehmen bilden den abschließenden Ausblick.

About the author

Nicole Kimmelmann

Prof. Dr. Nicole Kimmelmann

since 04/11 Juniorprofessor for Professional Competence Development (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)

08/06–04/11 Research Assistant at the Chair for Vocational Education and Training at University Erlangen-Nuremberg (2009: Phd degree Dr. rer.pol)

03/06–08/06 Teacher for German as a foreign Language

10/05–03/06 Assistant of the National German Advisor, New Zealand, Wellington

10/04–09/05 Teacher /Educational Manager

09/05 Degree in German as a Foreign Language (Certificate)

09/04 Degree in VET & Human Resource Management (Diploma)

09/97–07/99 Apprenticeship as a bank clerk

07/97 High School degree

1978 Born in Nuremberg

Address: Juniorprofessur für Berufliche Kompetenzentwicklung, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lange Gasse 20, D-90403 Nürnberg, e-mail: nicole.kimmelmann@wiso.uni-erlangen.de

Published Online: 2013-10-25
Published in Print: 2013-10

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