The Contestants’ Willingness to Join Competitions in Contest-based Crowdsourcing
(2022) INFM10 20221Department of Informatics
- Abstract
- Contest-based crowdsourcing is a popular method for companies to gather ideas or information in a creative way, and the contestants’ motivations to participate in such competitions are not the same. Different factors influence the willingness of contestants to participate in contests. Yet these motives are not applicable to all types of crowdsourcing. This paper investigates the motivations and finds out what factors are most influential from the contestants’ point of view. The research was carried out by using the qualitative research method, and the interview questions’ design is supported by existing literature in the contest-based crowdsourcing field. The selected interviewees are the active participants in crowdsourcing contests that... (More)
- Contest-based crowdsourcing is a popular method for companies to gather ideas or information in a creative way, and the contestants’ motivations to participate in such competitions are not the same. Different factors influence the willingness of contestants to participate in contests. Yet these motives are not applicable to all types of crowdsourcing. This paper investigates the motivations and finds out what factors are most influential from the contestants’ point of view. The research was carried out by using the qualitative research method, and the interview questions’ design is supported by existing literature in the contest-based crowdsourcing field. The selected interviewees are the active participants in crowdsourcing contests that are from various occupations, their answers are transcribed and coded. The research finds that the intrinsic incentives of contestants outweigh the extrinsic ones, and the most influential motivation is to obtain experience and knowledge by practicing their skills when competing. The result also suggests that the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that might influence each other and permeate mutually, and can independently motivate contestants as well. (Less)
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- author
- Yu, Bohui LU and Sariaslani, Amirali
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- INFM10 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- crowdsourcing, contest-based, information systems, crowdsourcing platform, motivations
- report number
- INF22-17
- language
- English
- id
- 9092326
- date added to LUP
- 2022-09-07 12:57:43
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- 2022-09-07 12:57:43
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abstract = {{Contest-based crowdsourcing is a popular method for companies to gather ideas or information in a creative way, and the contestants’ motivations to participate in such competitions are not the same. Different factors influence the willingness of contestants to participate in contests. Yet these motives are not applicable to all types of crowdsourcing. This paper investigates the motivations and finds out what factors are most influential from the contestants’ point of view. The research was carried out by using the qualitative research method, and the interview questions’ design is supported by existing literature in the contest-based crowdsourcing field. The selected interviewees are the active participants in crowdsourcing contests that are from various occupations, their answers are transcribed and coded. The research finds that the intrinsic incentives of contestants outweigh the extrinsic ones, and the most influential motivation is to obtain experience and knowledge by practicing their skills when competing. The result also suggests that the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that might influence each other and permeate mutually, and can independently motivate contestants as well.}},
author = {{Yu, Bohui and Sariaslani, Amirali}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Contestants’ Willingness to Join Competitions in Contest-based Crowdsourcing}},
year = {{2022}},
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