“…Theoretical analyses of incentives, in software projects (Foray and Zimmermann, 2001;Lerner and Tirole, 2002) or in wikis (Forte and Bruckman (2005), using Latour and Woolgar's (1979) analysis of science "cycles of credit"), estimate that the other main vector for participation, beside being able to have feedbacks and improvements on the pieces of knowledge proposed, is the quest for reputation. Applied works on Wikipedia (Nov, 2007;Yang and Lai, 2010;Zhang and Zhu, 2011), professional electronic networks (Wasko and Faraj, 2005;Jullien et al, 2011), and open source software (Shah, 2006;Scacchi, 2007), confirm that peer recognition, whether it be professional or community recognition, is a main motive for contribution amongst the main contributors, in addition to intrinsic factors (personal enjoyment and satisfaction from helping by sharing their knowledge).…”