Crowdsourcing as a business model: Extrinsic motivations for knowledge sharing in user-generated content websites

Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 90-111

  Geri, Nitza ^a   Gafni, Ruti ^b   Bengov, Peter ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Awareness of rewards; Crowdsourcing; Extrinsic motivations; Knowledge sharing; Prestige; Reciprocity; User generated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017632640     PISSN: 23985364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JGOSS-05-2016-0018     Document Type: Article

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