Multivariate data analysis (4th ed.): with readings
Multivariate data analysis (4th ed.): with readings
Open source movements as a model for organising
European Journal of Information Systems
The Many Meanings of Open Source
IEEE Software
Knowledge Sourcing Effectiveness
Management Science
A Theoretical Integration of User Satisfaction and Technology Acceptance
Information Systems Research
The Promise of Research on Open Source Software
Management Science
Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking
Organization Science
Understanding Sustained Participation in Open Source Software Projects
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Impact of Open Source Software on the Strategic Choices of Firms Developing Proprietary Software
Journal of Management Information Systems
Willingness to Pay in an Open Source Software Environment
Information Systems Research
The transformation of open source software
MIS Quarterly
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A large part of the existing literature on Open Source Software OSS projects identifies the motivation factors predicting the participation level of members. However, the effective satisfaction of developers toward their project still remains a managerial and theoretical challenge. So, it is also consistent to assess how the effective participation of developers in OSS projects makes sense of their own motivations. This article uses the enactivist approach and considers that motivations are not simple antecedents to actions but are shaped by actions as well. The empirical analysis delivers the results of a survey administrated to participants of business OSS projects. The results reveal reputation, reciprocity and expected professional opportunities as the most positively influenced variables. However, learning motivations and ideology toward open source beliefs and values are the lesser influenced ones. These results counterbalance prior empirical researches which have observed a strong predicting power of both variables on expected participation level of participants. This study suggests that participation seems to make sense regarding motivations for which developers have some visible indicators of their personal achievement.