Two parallel phenomena are gaining attention in human–computer interaction research:
gamification and crowdsourcing. Because crowdsourcing's success depends on a mass of …

This study investigates how different gamification implementations can increase
crowdsourcees' motivation and participation in crowdsourcing (CS). To this end, we review …

Abstract Information technology is being increasingly employed to harness under-utilized
resources via more effective coordination. This progress has manifested in different …

The term 'crowdsourcing'was initially introduced in 2006 to describe an emerging distributed
problem-solving model by online workers. Since then it has been widely studied and …

Participation of individual workers (ie, solvers) is critical to the viability and success of
crowdsourcing platforms. Past literature indicates that gamification artifacts, by intriguing …

Software development is usually a collaborative venture. Open Source Software (OSS)
projects are no exception; indeed, by design, the OSS approach can accommodate teams …

Online toxicity is ubiquitous across the internet and its negative impact on the people and
that online communities that it effects has been well documented. However, toxicity …

Community-based question-and-answer (Q&A) websites have become increasingly popular
in recent years as an alternative to general-purpose Web search engines for open-ended …

Software engineers share experiences with modern technologies using software information
sites, such as Stack Overflow. These sites allow developers to label posted content, referred …

In fast-paced, reuse-heavy, and distributed software development, the transparency
provided by social coding platforms like GitHub is essential to decision making. Developers …