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[[wikipedia:Motivation crowding theory|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. | [[wikipedia:Motivation crowding theory|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 | Web pages that discuss the topic include: | ||
* [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 | ||
=== Academic References === | === Academic References === | ||
{{Cite | |||
| publisher = Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich | |||
| last = Frey | |||
| first = B. S. | |||
| coauthors = L. Goette | |||
| title = Does Pay Motivate Volunteers? | |||
| date = 1999 | |||
}} | |||
{{Cite journal | |||
| doi = 10.1111/1467-6419.00150 | |||
| volume = 15 | |||
| issue = 5 | |||
| pages = 589-611 | |||
| last = Frey | |||
| first = Bruno S. | |||
| coauthors = Reto Jegen | |||
| title = Motivation Crowding Theory | |||
| journal = Journal of Economic Surveys | |||
| accessdate = 2008-08-26 | |||
| date = 2001 | |||
| url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6419.00150 | |||
}} | |||
{{Cite journal | |||
[[Category: | | doi = 10.1162/003355300554917 | ||
| volume = 115 | |||
| issue = 3 | |||
| pages = 791-810 | |||
| last = Gneezy | |||
| first = Uri | |||
| coauthors = Aldo Rustichini | |||
| title = Pay Enough or Don't Pay at All | |||
| journal = Quarterly Journal of Economics | |||
| accessdate = 2008-08-26 | |||
| date = 2000 | |||
| url = http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/003355300554917 | |||
}} | |||
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