Solvers' participation in crowdsourcing initiatives for social innovation: Exploring interactions among motivational forces

IF 3.7 3区 管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT
Mariangela Piazza, Erica Mazzola, Giovanni Perrone
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Abstract

We know that solvers self-selecting in social innovation challenges come from diverse backgrounds including, among others, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and professionals from various industries. However, we are not aware of what motives actually bring such solvers to self-select to address these challenges. This study aims at understanding how different kinds of motivations intervene and interact with the solvers' intention to participate considering the specific context of crowdsourcing for social innovation. Drawing on the self-determination theory, we built a theoretical framework that hypothesizes how intrinsic, extrinsic, and prosocial motivations interact with one another and affect solvers' self-selection process in social innovation initiatives. Empirically, to investigate the theoretical framework, a survey research design involving the use of questionnaires was adopted to obtain primary data from solvers engaged in crowdsourcing initiatives for social innovation to solve Covid-19-related problems in the HeroX platform. We found that prosocial motivations positively affect the solvers' self-selection process. Moreover, our results highlight that intrinsic and extrinsic motivations differently moderate the relationship between prosocial motivations and intention to participate. The results of this study offer relevant contributions to previous crowdsourcing and organizational psychology literature and provide critical implications for managers designing and organizing crowdsourcing for social innovation challenges.

解决者参与众包社会创新活动:探索各种动力之间的相互作用
我们知道,在社会创新挑战中进行自我选择的解决者来自不同的背景,其中包括科学家、工程师、企业家、研究人员和各行各业的专业人士。然而,我们并不清楚究竟是什么动机促使这些解决者自我选择来应对这些挑战。本研究旨在了解在众包促进社会创新的特定背景下,不同类型的动机是如何干预并与解决者的参与意图相互作用的。借鉴自我决定理论,我们建立了一个理论框架,假设内在动机、外在动机和亲社会动机是如何相互作用并影响社会创新活动中解决者的自我选择过程的。为了对该理论框架进行实证研究,我们采用了问卷调查的研究设计,从参与社会创新众包活动的解决者那里获取第一手数据,以解决 HeroX 平台中与 Covid-19 相关的问题。我们发现,亲社会动机会对解决者的自我选择过程产生积极影响。此外,我们的研究结果还强调,内在动机和外在动机对亲社会动机与参与意愿之间的关系具有不同的调节作用。本研究的结果为以往的众包和组织心理学文献做出了相关贡献,并为管理者设计和组织社会创新挑战众包提供了重要启示。
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来源期刊
CiteScore
7.70
自引率
11.40%
发文量
57
期刊介绍: Creativity and Innovation Management bridges the gap between the theory and practice of organizing imagination and innovation. The journal''s central consideration is how to challenge and facilitate creative potential, and how then to embed this into results-oriented innovative business development. The creativity of individuals, coupled with structured and well-managed innovation projects, creates a sound base from which organizations may operate effectively within their inter-organizational and societal environment. Today, successful operations must go hand in hand with the ability to anticipate future opportunities. Therefore, a cultural focus and inspiring leadership are as crucial to an organization''s success as efficient structural arrangements and support facilities. This is reflected in the journal''s contents: -Leadership for creativity and innovation; the behavioural side of innovation management. -Organizational structures and processes to support creativity and innovation; interconnecting creative and innovative processes. -Creativity, motivation, work environment/creative climate and organizational behaviour, creative and innovative entrepreneurship. -Deliberate development of creative and innovative skills including the use of a variety of tools such as TRIZ or CPS. -Creative professions and personalities; creative products; the relationship between creativity and humour; arts and amp; humanities side of creativity.
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