@article {flosswp1604,
	title = {Motivating job design as a factor in open source governance},
	journal = {J Manage Governance},
	volume = {11},
	number = {2},
	year = {2007},
	month = {May},
	pages = {129{\textendash}137},
	publisher = {Springer Science+Business Media},
	abstract = {Successful open source software (OSS) projects can be considered as examples of how ambitious work results can be achieved in web-based collaboration even when monetary incentives are low or absent. While former explorations of motivational processes in OSS projects primarily focused on person-oriented aspects such as motives, interests, and expected benefits of contributors, job-related factors have been largely neglected. After discussing the limitations of a personoriented focus, a research perspective is suggested that concentrates on job design and work context in OSS based on frameworks from work psychology. A theoretical analysis is presented discussing job characteristics of successful OSS projects as potential explanations of the high motivation of OSS contributors. Compared to a person-oriented perspective, the results of a job-oriented approach might be better transferable to other projects (both OSS and ??closed source?? software development) and provide guidelines for the governance of successful web-based collaboration.},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/fulltext.pdf},
	author = {Guido Hertel}
}
@article {flosswp334,
	title = {Voluntary Engagement in an Open Web-based Encyclopedia: Wikipedians, and Why They Do It},
	year = {2007},
	month = {January},
	abstract = {The online encyclopedia Wikipedia can be considered as a highly successful Open Content project, written and maintained completely by volunteers. Little is known, however, about the motives and interests of these volunteers. Results from an online survey among 106 contributors to the German Wikipedia project are presented. As potential predictors of contributors??? engagement and satisfaction, both motives derived from social sciences (e.g., costs-benefits, valence of the Wikipedia goals, identification with Wikipedia, etc.) as well as perceived task characteristics (e.g., task significance, autonomy, skill variety, etc.) were measured. The results reveal that satisfaction ratings of contributors are determined by perceived benefits, identification with the Wikipedia community, and task characteristics. Contributors??? engagement (e.g., hours per week) was particularly determined by their tolerance for opportunity costs and the experienced characteristics of their tasks, the latter effect being partially mediated by intrinsic motivation. Most relevant task characteristics both for contributors??? engagement and satisfaction were autonomy, task significance, and skill variety. Additional motives reported by Wikipedia contributors suggest the importance of generativity.},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Schroer_Hertel_Wikipedia_Motivation.pdf},
	author = {Joachim Schroer and Guido Hertel}
}
@article {flosswp78,
	title = {Motivation of Software Developers in Open Source Projects: An Internet-based Survey of Contributors to the Linux Kernel},
	journal = {RP Special Issue},
	year = {2003},
	month = {February},
	abstract = {The motives of 141 contributors to a large Open Source Software project (the Linux kernel) was explored with an internet-based questionnaire study. Measured factors were both derived from discussions within the Linux community as well as from models from social sciences. Participants? engagement was particularly determined by their identification as a Linux developer, by pragmatic motives to improve own software, and by their tolerance of time investments. Moreover, some of the software development was accomplished by teams. Activities in these teams were particularly determined by participants? evaluation of the team goals as well as by their perceived indispensability and self-efficacy.},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/rp-hertelniednerherrmann.pdf},
	author = {Guido Hertel}
}
