"Optimal" Feedback Use in Crowdsourcing Contests: Source Effect and Priming Intervention
Authors: TK Koh
Published: 2025
Publication: Organization Science, 2025 - pubsonline.informs.org
The paper examines how solvers in crowdsourcing contests prioritize feedback from seekers over peers, even when equally constructive, and proposes an intervention to improve feedback usage for better outcomes.
Methods: The study involved a field survey and three online experiments to test the theorized source effect and the proposed feedback evaluation intervention.
Key Findings: Solvers' feedback usage patterns, the source effect of feedback (seeker vs. peer), and the influence of feedback constructiveness on idea quality and solvers’ winning prospects.
Institution: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Research Area: Crowdsourcing Contests, Feedback Use, Priming Intervention, Organizational Science
Discipline: Behavioral Sciences
Citations: 5