Effects of feedback design and dispositional goal orientations on volunteer performance in citizen science projects

Zhou, Xinxue; Tang, Jian; Zhao, Yuxiang; Wang, Tianmei

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2020.106266

Cited by 21 publications

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“…First, the intrinsic motivation of students who participated in overseas volunteer programs was positively associated with their general altruism (t = 5.090**, p < .01), and positively associated with their bridge social capital (t = 4.352**, p < .01), thus supporting H1 and H2, which is consistent with Kroll and Tantardini (2019). Second, addressing H3 and H4, the learning stimulation of students who participated in overseas volunteer programs is positively associated with their general altruism (t = 2.235*, p < .05), and is positively associated with the bridging social capital of the volunteers (t = 7.599****, p < .01), which is consistent with earlier findings (Hu et al, 2016;Zhou et al, 2020). Third, the general altruism of students who participated in overseas volunteer programs is positively associated with the volunteers' culture sharing intention (t = 5.063**, p < .05); compared with Saide et al (2019), the general altruism and culture sharing intention of the volunteering students are closely related, supporting H5, and the bridging social capital of students who participated in overseas volunteer programs is positively associated with their culture-sharing intention (t = 5.138**, p < .05), supporting H6.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Moreover, perceived enjoyment from overseas travel and sharing intentions can influence volunteers' positive performance and volunteer behavior (Hu et al, 2016;Zhou et al, 2020). In addition, students participating in overseas volunteer services have a higher global perspective and mentality than learners without such experience (Lillo, 2019).…”

Section: Learning Stimulation Of Volunteersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Enhance Volunteering Education Through Overseas Volunteer Service

Chen

Shyr

2021

SAGE Open

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This study aimed to determine how the learning stimulation and intrinsic motivation of students affect their culture sharing in volunteering via general altruism and intention. Stratified random sampling was used, and 850 invitation questionnaires were sent to participants, of whom 264 returned valid questionnaires (return rate, 31.06%), which were analyzed with the partial least squares method. It was found that students’ intrinsic motivation for overseas volunteering increases their understanding of global issues. Thus, schools or organizations should develop a mechanism for volunteering students to interact with others within a professional virtual community in order to enhance their volunteering experience and inspire their continuous learning from overseas volunteering.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Learning Stimulation Of Volunteersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhance Volunteering Education Through Overseas Volunteer Service

Chen

Shyr

2021

SAGE Open

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“…Various authors have emphasized the necessity for research into such characteristics or design features of CS projects [17,30,39,[43][44][45]. Existing literature on CS project characteristics largely focuses on how these characteristics are associated with general project success [32,[46][47][48][49][50][51], which is often synonymous with participant motivation and retention. In addition, several authors have discussed CS project characteristics that could potentially affect participants' learning in general.…”

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confidence: 99%

Citizen science project characteristics: Connection to participants’ gains in knowledge and skills

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Background Biodiversity is being lost rapidly and its conservation is thus one of the most urgent tasks today. For biodiversity conservation to be successful, the public needs to gain an awareness and understanding of biodiversity and its importance. Moreover, species experts are needed who have the skills necessary for identifying and recording biodiversity. Previous research showed that citizen science projects can contribute to educating the public about biodiversity. However, it is still unclear how project characteristics connect to participants’ knowledge and skills and how citizen science projects should be designed if they are to foster participants’ learning. Aim We aimed to investigate specific characteristics of biodiversity citizen science projects that could potentially influence participants’ learning. We explored the following project characteristics from both the project coordinators’ and the participants’ perspectives: information and training provided to participants, social interaction among participants, contact between participants and staff, and feedback and recognition provided to participants. Methods and results In order to examine the extent to which these project characteristics are connected to participants’ gains in knowledge and skills, we conducted a comprehensive study across 48 biodiversity citizen science projects in Europe and Australia. We found that participants’ perceived gains in knowledge and skills were significantly related to the five project characteristics as reported by the participants: information received by the participants, training received by the participants, social interaction among participants, contact between participants and staff, and feedback and recognition received by the participants. Conclusion We conclude that by deliberately designing citizen science projects to include features such as interaction and feedback, these projects could achieve higher learning outcomes for the participants. Thereby, suitable modes of communication between projects and their participants are crucial. We provide specific suggestions for the design of biodiversity citizen science projects and for future research on project characteristics and participant outcomes.

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“…These studies intended to shed light on the various dimensions such as social, behavioral, cognitive, motivational, legal, managerial, technical, and technological dimensions affecting the participation and engagement of people in citizen science projects. The various influencing factors on the initial participation and sustained participation of people in the citizen science projects generally can be categorized into two broad categories of dispositional factors (i.e., attributes of individuals) and organizational factors (i.e., attributes of the project and its organizers) [142,160,161].…”

Section: Volunteer Recruitment and Retention In Contact Tracing Projectsmentioning

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Digital Citizen Science for Responding to COVID-19 Crisis: Experiences from Iran

Vahidi

Taleai

Yan

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IJERPH

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has so far been the most severe global public health emergency in this century. Generally, citizen science can provide a complement to authoritative scientific practices for responding to this highly complex biological threat and its adverse consequences. Several citizen science projects have been designed and operationalized for responding to COVID-19 in Iran since the infection began. However, these projects have mostly been overlooked in the existing literature on citizen science. This research sheds light on the most significant online citizen science projects to respond to the COVID-19 crisis in Iran. Furthermore, it highlights some of the opportunities and challenges associated with the strengths and weaknesses of these projects. Moreover, this study captures and discusses some considerable insights and lessons learned from the failures and successes of these projects and provides solutions to overcome some recognized challenges and weaknesses of these projects. The outcomes of this synthesis provide potentially helpful directions for current and future citizen science projects—particularly those aiming to respond to biological disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Effects of feedback design and dispositional goal orientations on volunteer performance in citizen science projects

Cited by 21 publications

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Enhance Volunteering Education Through Overseas Volunteer Service

Enhance Volunteering Education Through Overseas Volunteer Service

Citizen science project characteristics: Connection to participants’ gains in knowledge and skills

Digital Citizen Science for Responding to COVID-19 Crisis: Experiences from Iran

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