Crowston, Kevin, and Isabelle Fagnot. “The Motivational Arc of Massive Virtual Collaboration”. Proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.5 Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities, 2008.
Abstract
Massive virtual collaborations (MVC) involve large numbers of mostly unpaid contributors collectively creating new content. Wikipedia is the most dramatic example of MVC; smaller-scale examples include blogs and discussion groups and free/libre open source software (FLOSS) projects. In this paper, we propose a model of motivations for contribution to MVC that integrates various theoretical perspectives to extend prior work.
Year of Conference
2008
Conference Name
Proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.5 Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities
Date Published
1–2 July
Conference Location
Lüneberg, Germany
Refereed Designation
Refereed