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A Large Scale Survey of Motivation in Software Development and Analysis of its Validity
April 15, 2024, 4:42 a.m. | Idan Amit, Dror G. Feitelson
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Abstract: Context: Motivation is known to improve performance. In software development in particular, there has been considerable interest in the motivation of contributors to open source. Objective: We identify 11 motivators from the literature (enjoying programming, ownership of code, learning, self use, etc.), and evaluate their relative effect on motivation. Since motivation is an internal subjective feeling, we also analyze the validity of the answers. Method: We conducted a survey with 66 questions on motivation which …
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