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

Table 1

Primary extrinsic motivations for potential experts.

Regulation style	Motivations	Related literature
External regulation	Badge	[8, 23]
Introjected regulation	Reputation	[8, 23–25]
	Privilege (status)	[8, 24, 26]
Identified regulation	Learning	[8, 23, 25]
Integrated regulation	Reciprocity	[8, 27, 28]