NDLI: Motivations for Open Source Project Participation and Decisions of Software Developers

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Lee, Dongryul Kim, Byung Cho
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	We provide a rationale for open source project participation by studying the decision problems of the software programmers, whose types are different in terms of ability and intrinsic motivation. We find that motivations, both intrinsic and extrinsic, and the ability level positively affect the optimal level of effort exerted by the programmers in the open source project. In the commercial project, the programmers with higher ability exert much effort although their high level of effort is not compensated properly. Thus, the open source project might be more likely to attract capable and motivated programmers than the commercial project.
Starting Page	31
Ending Page	57
Page Count	27
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09277099
Journal	Computational Economics
Volume Number	41
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15729974
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2012-02-08
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Open source software Intrinsic motivation Extrinsic motivation Economic Theory
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics, Econometrics and Finance Computer Science Applications

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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Motivations for Open Source Project Participation and Decisions of Software Developers