Open source software: A community of altruists

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1345-1354

  Baytiyeh, Hoda ^a   Pfaffman, Jay ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Collaboration; Factor analysis; Motivations; Open source software

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; COLLABORATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FREE SOFTWARE; FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS;

MOTIVATION; OPEN SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956191205     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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