Motivations in open source software communities: The mediating role of effort intensity and goal commitment

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 39-66

  Ke, Weiling ^a   Zhang, Ping ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Open source software (OSS); Performance; Task effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749135809     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415130403     Document Type: Article

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