By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computers, Networks & Communications -- Fresh data on Information Technology - Information Systems are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Geelong, Australia, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “Crowdsourcing (CS) by cultural and heritage institutions engage volunteers in online projects without monetary compensation. Uncertainty concerning online volunteer motivation has led to a growing body of academic research.”
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Deakin University, “This study contributes to that debate, by extending focus to CS volunteer work in nonprofit cultural institutions where no monetary benefit is offered to volunteers. This study examines motivations of high performing volunteers in a newspaper digitisation CS project, initiated by the National Library of Australia. Volunteers are motivated by personal, collective, and external factors, and these motivations change over time. Volunteers initially show intrinsic motivations, though both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations play a critical role in their continued participation. Volunteer contributions range from data shaping (e.g., correcting digitised optical character recognition data) to knowledge shaping (e.g., shaping historical data through tagging and commenting, but also through development of norms and social roles). The locus of motivation (intrinsic or extrinsic) also changes with different kinds of contributions. The distinction between data and knowledge shaping contributions, and the locus and focus of motivation behind these activities, has implications for the design of CS systems.”
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Design for improved usability through cognitive and physical system affordances and development of social mechanisms for ongoing participation is discussed.”
For more information on this research see: Temporal Motivations of Volunteers to Participate in Cultural Crowdsourcing Work. Information Systems Research , 2017;28(4):744-759. Information Systems Research can be contacted at: Informs, 5521 Research Park Dr, Suite 200, Catonsville, MD 21228, USA.
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S.L. Alam, Deakin University, Deakin Business Sch, Dept. of Informat Syst & Business Analyt, Geelong, Vic 3125, Australia.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2017.0719. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-01-11), New Findings on Information Systems from Deakin University Summarized (Temporal Motivations of Volunteers to Participate in Cultural Crowdsourcing Work), Computers, Networks & Communications, 642, ISSN: 1944-1568, BUTTER® ID: 014946411
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