کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
985335 934457 2010 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Who contributes voluntarily to OSS? An investigation among German IT employees
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری کسب و کار و مدیریت بین المللی
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Who contributes voluntarily to OSS? An investigation among German IT employees
چکیده انگلیسی

Based on newly assembled survey data, we analyze which individual characteristics of IT employees are associated with the willingness to participate voluntarily in Open Source Software (OSS) projects. We find that, contrary to common expectations, formal educational attainment is not positively associated with the probability or level of OSS contributions. The group of university dropouts, however, does show a particularly high probability of working on such projects. Furthermore, we obtain the striking and novel finding that work-related OSS activities play an important role in determining voluntary OSS contributions during leisure time. Although one has to be cautious regarding the direction of causality, we interpret this as evidence of career-oriented motives in voluntary OSS contributors. The finding is also reinforced by our more specific analysis of the importance of such motives in determining the actual effort invested in OSS projects.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Research Policy - Volume 39, Issue 1, February 2010, Pages 165–172
نویسندگان
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