How Ants Build Pyramids: The Concept of Task/Technology Fit in Crowdsourcing

Rabes, Karl

ISBN 10: 3658274387 / ISBN 13: 9783658274382

Published by Gabler, 2019

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167 pages. 8.00x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Ants Build Pyramids: The Concept of Task/Technology Fit in Crowdsourcing
• Publisher: Gabler
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658274387
• ISBN 13: 9783658274382
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.25 kilograms

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Synopsis

Karl R. Rabes explores the performance impact of differing task designs in crowdsourcing, especially micro-task markets. Based on several exploratory literature reviews, the manuscript applies the task-technology fit theory and numerous quasi-experiments to show which tasks can be successfully outsourced to the crowd. It is revealed how a tasks design has an influence on solution quality taking into account respective task-, technology- and individual characteristics, and clearly delineates the differences in objective quality and subjective fit evaluations within and between task designs for micro-task markets.

About the Author

Karl R. Rabes is a founder and project manager at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. He received his PhD in economic sciences from Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein at the Department of Information Systems, Chair of Information Systems 1 – Innovation & Value Creation. As a consultant he supported several major German and international companies in the planning, execution and controlling of R&D projects.