Understanding the relationships between motivators and effort in crowdsourcing marketplaces: A nonlinear analysis

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 267-276

  Sun, Yongqiang ^a   Wang, Nan ^a   Yin, Chunxiao ^b   Zhang, Jacky Xi ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Effort; Expectancy theory; Nonlinear analysis; Self efficacy; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

EFFORT; EXPECTANCY THEORY; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RESEARCH MODELS; SELF EFFICACY; TASK COMPLEXITY; THEORY AND PRACTICE; TRUST;

CROWDSOURCING;

EID: 84922274569     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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