Breaking monotony with meaning: Motivation in crowdsourcing markets

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-133

  Chandler, Dana ^a   Kapelner, Adam ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Natural field experiment; Online labor markets; Worker motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877806195     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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