An empirical analysis of open source software developers' motivations and continuance intentions

Information and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-262

  Wu, Chorng Guang ^a   Gerlach, James H ^a   Young, Clifford E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuance; Expectancy; Expectancy value theory; Open source software; Satisfaction; Valence

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS); RESEARCH MODELS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247881728     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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