Open source software projects rely on the voluntary efforts of thousands of software developers, yet we know little … framework for understanding participation from the perspective of the individual software developer based on data from two … software communities with different governance structures. In both communities, a need for software-related improvements drives …

creation of Free/Open Source software. We used a Web-based survey, administered to 684 software developers in 287 F …, career advancement) are the main drivers of effort. We find in contrast, that enjoyment-based intrinsic motivation, namely …

Much of today’s software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the … contribute. Our difference-in-differences model leverages time differences in incentives for labor market signaling across users …

Much of today's software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the … contribute. Our difference-in-differences model leverages time differences in incentives for labor market signaling across users …