How to motivate people to put their money where their mouth is: What makes employees participate in electronic prediction markets?

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1002-1015

  Decker, Carolin ^a   Welpe, Isabell M ^b   Ankenbrand, Bernd H ^c  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c Sustainable Development at Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forecasting technology; Incentives; Information and knowledge disclosure; Knowledge application; Prediction markets; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVES; INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE DISCLOSURE; KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION; PREDICTION MARKETS; SATISFACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

FORECASTING;

FUTURE PROSPECT; INCENTIVE; KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; RECIPROCITY;

EID: 79957498227     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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