“What’s the Point of the Task?” Exploring the Influence of Task Meaning on Creativity in Crowdsourcing
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Keywords
crowd working; task meaning; creativity; crowdsourcing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- M55 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Contracting Devices
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2019-11-18 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-INO-2019-11-18 (Innovation)
- NEP-PAY-2019-11-18 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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