How Ants Build Pyramids - The Concept of Task/Technology Fit in Crowdsourcing

Karl R. Rabes explores the performance impact of differing task designs in crowdsourcing, especially micro-task markets. Based on several exploratory literature reviews, the manuscript applies the task-technology fit theory and numerous quasi-experiments to show which tasks can be successfully outsourced to the crowd. It is revealed how a tasks design has an influence on solution quality taking into account respective task-, technology- and individual characteristics, and clearly delineates the differences in objective quality and subjective fit evaluations within and between task designs for micro-task markets.

Sommario

Crowdsourcing, collective intelligence and open innovation.- Micro-Task Markets, motivation, quality and challenges.- Task/Technology Fit Theory.- Task design, task types and task formulation complexity. 

Info autore

Karl R. Rabes is a founder and project manager at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. He received his PhD in economic sciences from Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein at the Department of Information Systems, Chair of Information Systems 1 - Innovation & Value Creation. As a consultant he supported several major German and international companies in the planning, execution and controlling of R&D projects.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Karl R. Rabes
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.2019
• EAN: 9783658274382
• ISBN: 978-3-658-27438-2
• Pagine: 167
• Dimensioni: 149 mm x 212 mm x 11 mm
• Peso: 256 g
• Illustrazioni: XVII, 167 p. 55 illus.
• Serie: Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung Markets and Organisations
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Management, Motivation, C, Business and Management, Open Innovation, Innovation/Technology Management, Management science, Industrial Management, Innovation and Technology Management, Task Design, Task Formulation Complexity, Task design, task types and task formulation complexity, Task Types, Quality and challenges