Crowd-sourcing (who, why and what)

International Journal of Crowd Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 27-41

  Ikediego, Henry Oluchukwu ^a   Ilkan, Mustafa ^a   Abubakar, A Mohammed ^b   Victor Bekun, Festus ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANTALYA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Freelancing; IT; Open call; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

AMAZON'S MECHANICAL TURKS; CROWD SOURCING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FREELANCING; IT; ONLINE PROBLEMS; OPEN CALL; PROBLEM-SOLVING; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; WORKING PARTS;

CROWDSOURCING;

EID: 85068882791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23987294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCS-07-2017-0005     Document Type: Review

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