The effects of task instructions in crowdsourcing innovative ideas

Gillier, Thomas; Chaffois, Cédric; Belkhouja, Mustapha; Roth, Yannig; Bayus, Barry L.

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2018.05.005

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“…These factors are classified into four main categories: (1) taskspecific factors (reward, task type, task complexity, and contest duration for task, etc.) [5], [7], [26]- [30];…”

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What Sustains Individuals’ Participation in Crowdsourcing Contests?

Wang¹,

Khasraghi²,

Schneider³

2019

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Crowdsourcing contests have become widely adopted for idea generation and problem-solving in various companies in different industries. The success of crowdsourcing depends on the sustained participation and quality-submissions of the individuals. Yet, little is known about the factors that influence individuals' continued participation in these contests. We address this issue, by conducting an empirical study using data from an online crowdsourcing contest platform, Kaggle, which delivers data science and machine learning solutions and models to its clients. The findings show that the community activities and team activities do not contribute to motivating the continued participation, but tenure does significantly affect the continued participation. We also found statistically significant effects of amount of prize, number of competitions, previous team performance, and competition duration on individuals sustained participation in crowdsourcing contests. This research contributes to the literature by identifying the factors influencing individuals' sustained participation in crowdsourcing contests.

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“…These factors are classified into four main categories: (1) taskspecific factors (reward, task type, task complexity, and contest duration for task, etc.) [5], [7], [26]- [30];…”

Section: Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

What Sustains Individuals’ Participation in Crowdsourcing Contests?

Wang¹,

Khasraghi²,

Schneider³

2019

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…These four general categories are: (1) task/contest-specific factors (reward, task type, task complexity, and contest duration for task, etc.) [25]- [32]; (2) individualspecific factors (extrinsic motivations, intrinsic motivations, individuals' strategy, and individuals' experience) [25], [28], [29], [33], [34]; (3) environment-specific factors (competitors' rating, number of competitors, number of super-star competitors, number of non-super-star competitors, collaboration, and communication) [21], [24], [35], [36]; and (4) organization-specific factors (brandstrength and marketplace maturity) [37]. The effect of these factors have been investigated on different elements including individuals' motivation to join a platform, individuals' sustained participation, and individuals' high quality solutions and their performance [38].…”

Section: Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Crowdsourcing Contests: Understanding the Effect of Environment and Organization Specific Factors on Sustained Participation

Khasraghi¹,

Wang²,

Li³

2020

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Crowdsourcing has increasingly become a recognized problem-solving mechanism for organizations by outsourcing the problem to an undefined crowd of people. The success of crowdsourcing depends on the sustained participation and quality-submissions of the individuals. Yet, little is known about the environmentspecific and organization-specific factors that influence individuals' continued participation in these contests. We address this research gap, by conducting an empirical study using data from an online crowdsourcing contest platform, Kaggle, which delivers data science and machine learning solutions to its clients. The findings show the statistically significant effects of structural capital, familiarity with organization, and experience with the organization on individuals' sustained participation in crowdsourcing contests. This research contributes to the literature by identifying the environment-specific and organizationspecific factors that influence individuals' sustained participation in crowdsourcing contests. Moreover, this study offers guidance to organizations that host a crowdsourcing platform to design, implement, and operate successful crowdsourcing contest platforms.

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“…However, there is a lack of understanding of how to organize innovation contests in the public sector. In the private sector, contests are typically targeted at well-defined (technical) problems, and it is possible to identify some best practices (Ford, Richard, and Ciuchta 2015;Gillier et al 2018). Public sector organizations, in contrast, have more broad aims than corporations, including promoting open governance and civic engagement and supporting the emergence of innovative businesses and economic development in their respective regions (Bleda and Chicot 2020;Carr and Lassiter 2017;Hartmann, Mainka, and Stock 2016;Johnson and Robinson 2014;Mergel and Desouza 2013;Sotarauta 2009).…”

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Organizing innovation contests for public procurement of innovation – a case study of smart city hackathons in Tampere, Finland

Pihlajamaa

Merisalo

2021

European Planning Studies

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Public procurement of innovation is a key policy instrument for improving the quality of public services and achieving wider benefits for society. Recently, innovation contests have reemerged as a means to procure innovative new solutions. There is, however, limited understanding of how innovation contests should be organized in the public sector. In this study, we investigate the organization of two smart city hackathon-style innovation contests in Tampere, Finland. We examine the contests' structure and goals, the definition of a problem statement, the motivation of potential participants, and their outcomes. We find that innovation contests may be used for, not only sourcing novel technologies, but also for engaging in conversations with companies, and developing an understanding of local problems and potential solutions. We further discuss the issues that arise from the integration of multiple goals in a single contest. We provide practical guidance for organizing innovation contests and evaluate their role for public procurement of innovation and local development.

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The effects of task instructions in crowdsourcing innovative ideas

Cited by 30 publications

References 69 publications

What Sustains Individuals’ Participation in Crowdsourcing Contests?

What Sustains Individuals’ Participation in Crowdsourcing Contests?

Crowdsourcing Contests: Understanding the Effect of Environment and Organization Specific Factors on Sustained Participation

Organizing innovation contests for public procurement of innovation – a case study of smart city hackathons in Tampere, Finland

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