Integrating motives and usability to examine community crowdsourcing

Abstract

Integrating the notions of public service and intrinsic motivations with usability factors, this study examined the motivational and usability factors influencing intention to help via a community crowdsourcing app. Hierarchical linear regression analysis indicated that creating an engaging and useful app that appeals to needs for commitment, and intrinsic needs to participate in valuable acts motivated users to use the community crowdsourcing app to help others.

Competitive gamification in crowdsourcing-based contextual-aware recommender systems

“…Community crowdsourcing is often referenced and discussed among the various types of crowdsourcing ( Funk et al., 2019 ; Lee et al., 2020 ; Ludwig et al., 2017 ; Mathews et al., 2018 ; Sasao et al., 2017 ), and is now broadly combined with recommender systems. For example, Yuen et al.…”

“…Among the various types of crowdsourcing, community crowdsourcing is often referenced and discussed ( Funk et al., 2019 ; Lee et al., 2020 ; Ludwig et al., 2017 ; Mathews et al., 2018 ; Sasao et al., 2017 ). Community crowdsourcing is defined as a form of crowdsourcing where participants work as a community to address problems together ( Nguyen et al., 2016 ) ( Collection et al., 2011 ).…”