How do intrinsic and extrinsic motivation correlate with each other in open source software development?
DatavetenskapComputer science - informaticsComputer science - effects on societyIntrinsic motivation in open sourceExtrinsic motivation in open sourceOpen source motivation
Open source is growing outside the boundaries of hackers, amateurs and software
development, creating a humongous potential in many different areas and aspects
of society. The intrinsic and extrinsic motivations that drives open source
have been in the subject of much research recently, but how they affect each
other when paid and unpaid contributors come together is still hidden in
obscurity. In this study I investigate how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
correlates with each other and how those correlations affect paid and unpaid
open source software contributors. The literature synthesis is based on of
systematic reviews through searches in library databases, identification of
articles by searching on the Internet and by reading relevant books. My results
indicate that intrinsic and extrinsic motivations continuously affect each
other and that paid contributors are more vulnerable since their extrinsic
motivation in terms of money is reached only when many other motivations are
fulfilled. The paid contributor?s lower autonomy may result in a decrease in
intrinsic motivation while social interaction may result in an increase of the
same. The unpaid contributors are more likely to be intrinsically motivated
than the paid contributors, resulting in higher psychological satisfaction,
less stress, creativity and input of higher work effort among unpaid
contributors.