Developer experience · Quantitative empirical survey

Adopters trust in enterprise open source vendors: An empirical examination

Journal of Systems and Software. · 2017

Roumani, Y., Nwankpa, J. K.

Original paper ↗

Summary

Trust is an important determinant of enterprise adoption and is shaped by vendor and technology signals.

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Possible founder application

Invest in credibility, support, security assurances and transparent roadmaps.

Reported result

What the study found

Trust is an important determinant of enterprise adoption and is shaped by vendor and technology signals.

Research question

What the authors investigated

What drives adopter trust in enterprise OSS vendors?

Design

Quantitative empirical survey

Sample and setting

Enterprise OSS adopters and vendors

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Abstract evidence; perceptual survey and adoption context limit causal inference.

Research sources

Publisher DOI landing page abstract; design, context and findings are taken from the abstract.

Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.