Re: [gentoo-project] [RFC] Splitting developer-oriented and expert user mailing lists

[M. J. Everitt]

On 04/12/17 00:37, Matt Turner wrote:
> A user requested I forward this information to the mailing list:
>
> There's been research, on this, and the study by harvard business
> school was summarized and discussed by NPR in 2015:
>
> [ Turns out toxic coworkers are more
> than just an annoyance. A new study
> out of the Harvard Business School
> warns that bullying workers are more costly,
> even if they are more productive. ] -- NPR description
>
> https://www.npr.org/2015/12/16/460024322/harvard-business-school-study-highlights-costs-of-toxic-workers
> https://goo.gl/g8Ujuk (short URL of the same)
>
> With gentoo being a non-profit organization, an alternative way to
> view it could be the trade-off of seeing developers / maintainers /
> staff leave, and any "lost profits" are in the form of community
> relations, image, and willingness for ongoing productive work by those
> who remain with the gentoo organization.
>
> Research paper itself (which includes supporting 57 citations)
>
> http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/16-057_d45c0b4f-fa19-49de-8f1b-4b12fe054fea.pdf
> https://goo.gl/42A8v7 (short URL of the same)
>
> ... and was itself cited a dozen or times:
>
> https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=5443947091657980238
> https://goo.gl/obvdzh (short URL of the same)
>
I refer you also to a former Gentoo developer's talk on "A$$holes on
your project" ... [1]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZSli7QW4rg