Unveiling the Dynamics of Extrinsic Motivations in Shaping Future Experts’ Contributions to Developer Q&A Communities

Table 10

Comparison between two types of developers.

Path	Potential experts	Active developers
Badge⟶post	+	+ [7, 9, 13]
Reputation⟶post	−	+ [9, 13, 35]
Learning⟶post	/	− [13, 33, 34]
Reciprocity⟶post	+	+ [9, 27, 28]
Status⟶post	−	+ [13]
Status⟶(badge⟶post)	/	− [13]
Status⟶(reputation⟶post)	/	− [13]
Status⟶(learning⟶post)	/	/ [13]
Status⟶(reciprocity⟶post)	+

Note: Path a⟶b represents the effect of factor a on factor b. The symbols +, −, and / indicate positive, negative, and not significant impact, respectively.