Effects of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation on participation in crowdsourcing contest: A perspective of self-determination theory

Online Information Review

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 896-917

  Zhao, Yuxiang Chris ^a   Zhu, Qinghua ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing contest; Moderating effects; Motivation theory; Motivational affordances; Self determination theory; Task granularity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION;

AFFORDANCES; MODERATING EFFECT; MOTIVATION THEORIES; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; TASK GRANULARITY;

CROWDSOURCING;

EID: 84927550262     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/OIR-08-2014-0188     Document Type: Review

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