Motivating job design as a factor in open source governance |
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Authors: | Guido Hertel |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Psychology, Work, Industrial & Organizational Psychology,University of Würzburg,Würzburg,Germany |
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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 person-oriented 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.
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Keywords: | Job design Open source software Tele cooperation Volunteerism Web-based collaboration Work motivation |
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