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* [http://www.psych.rochester.edu/SDT/cont_reward.html Page on the Rewards Controversy] | * [http://www.psych.rochester.edu/SDT/cont_reward.html Page on the Rewards Controversy] | ||
* [http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/18/crowding-out-of-intrinsic-motivations-aka-the-bounty-problem/ Discussion of the issue as it pertains to free software] as it appeared on Luis Villa's blog | * [http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/18/crowding-out-of-intrinsic-motivations-aka-the-bounty-problem/ Discussion of the issue as it pertains to free software] as it appeared on Luis Villa's blog | ||
* [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill|Mako's]] article on [http://mako.cc/writing/funding_volunteers/funding_volunteers.html Problems and Strategies in Financing Voluntary Free Software Projects] | |||
=== Academic References === | === Academic References === | ||
Revision as of 22:31, 26 August 2008
Motivation crowding theory is an phenomena in economics that explains how, for example, paid labor can undermine intrinsic motivation. In particular, I am interested in the effect that crowding out has on free and open source software projects where large number of contributions may come from volunteers. Unintuitively, it seems that paying people to do a task may reduce the amount of work completed.
Web pages that discuss the topic include:
- Page on the Rewards Controversy
- Discussion of the issue as it pertains to free software as it appeared on Luis Villa's blog
- Mako's article on Problems and Strategies in Financing Voluntary Free Software Projects
Academic References
- Frey, Bruno S., and Reto Jegen. 2001. “Motivation Crowding Theory.” Journal of Economic Surveys 15:589-611.
- Frey, B. S., and L. Goette. 1999. “Does Pay Motivate Volunteers?.”.
- Gneezy, Uri, and Aldo Rustichini. 2000. “Pay Enough or Don't Pay at All.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 115:791-810.
