Motivation of Workers on Microtask Crowdsourcing Platforms

• Main Author: Naderi, Babak (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services,
• Subjects: Signal processing.; Image processing.; Speech processing systems.; Application software.; Social media.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Social Media.

This book studies the motivation of crowdworkers to find out how to attract more people and reach a higher quality of outcomes. The book first proposes a taxonomy for studying the motivation of crowdworkers including the potential influencing factors, different types of motivation, and possible cons...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theoretical Background on Motivation
• Who are Crowdworkers?
• How to Measure Motivation
• What Determines Task Selection Strategies?
• What Influences Workers' Performance?
• Conclusion and Outlook.