Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Breaking monotony with meaning: Motivation in crowdsourcing markets. |
| Authors: |
Chandler, Dana1 dchandler@mit.edu, Kapelner, Adam2 kapelner@wharton.upenn.edu |
| Source: |
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Jun2013, Vol. 90, p123-133. 11p. |
| Subjects: |
Boredom, Motivation (Psychology), Crowdsourcing, Field research, Production (Economic theory), Task performance, Behavioral economics, Economics |
| Abstract: |
Highlights: [•] We conduct the first natural field experiment to explore the relationship between the “meaningfulness” of a task and worker effort. [•] We found that increasing the meaningfulness of a task increased the quantity of output with no change in quality. [•] We found that decreasing the meaningfulness of a task decreased the quality of output with no change in quantity. [•] Our study introduces MTurk as an exciting platform for running natural field experiments in economics. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] |
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| Database: |
Engineering Source |
