A Geography of Participation in IT-Mediated Crowds

Prpić, J., Shukla, P., Roth, Y., & Lemoine, J.F. (2015). A Geography of Participation in IT-Mediated Crowds. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences #48. January 2015, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. IEEE Computer Society Press.

9 Pages Posted: 12 Sep 2014 Last revised: 24 Jun 2015

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John Prpić PhD

Thompson Rivers University

Prashant Shukla

Accenture

Yannig Roth

Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - Laboratoire PRISM

Jean-François Lemoine

Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne

Date Written: September 10, 2014

Abstract

In this work we seek to understand how differences in location affect participation outcomes in IT-mediated crowds. To do so, we operationalize Crowd Capital Theory with data from a popular international creative crowdsourcing site, to determine whether regional differences exist in crowdsourcing participation outcomes. We present the early results of our investigation from data encompassing 1,858,202 observations from 28,214 crowd members on 94 different projects in 2012. Using probit regressions to isolate geographic effects by continental region, we find significant variation across regions in crowdsourcing participation. In doing so, we contribute to the literature by illustrating that geography matters in respect to crowd participation. Further, our work illustrates an initial validation of Crowd Capital Theory as a useful theoretical model to guide empirical inquiry in the fast-growing domain of IT-mediated crowds.

Keywords: Crowd Geography, Crowd Participation, Crowd Capital, Crowdsourcing Contests, Creative Crowdsourcing, Crowdsourcing Tournaments, Theory Validation, IT-Mediated Crowds

Suggested Citation

Prpić, John and Shukla, Prashant and Roth, Yannig and Lemoine, Jean-François, A Geography of Participation in IT-Mediated Crowds (September 10, 2014). Prpić, J., Shukla, P., Roth, Y., & Lemoine, J.F. (2015). A Geography of Participation in IT-Mediated Crowds. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences #48. January 2015, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. IEEE Computer Society Press., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2494537

John Prpić (Contact Author)

Thompson Rivers University ( email )

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Prashant Shukla

Accenture ( email )

Dublin
Ireland

Yannig Roth

Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - Laboratoire PRISM ( email )

17 rue de la Sorbonne
Paris, 75005
France

Jean-François Lemoine

Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne ( email )

Peris
France

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