Title :
The Contours of Crowd Capability
Author :
PrpicÌ, John ; Shukla, Pitamber
Author_Institution :
Beedie Sch. of Bus., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada
Abstract :
In this work we use the theory of Crowd Capital as a lens to compare and contrast a number of IS tools currently in use by organizations for crowd-engagement purposes. In doing so, we contribute to both the practitioner and research domains. For the practitioner community we provide decision-makers with a convenient and useful resource, in table-form, outlining in detail some of the differing potentialities of crowd-engaging IS. For the research community we begin to unpack some of the key properties of crowd-engaging IS, including some of the differing qualities of the crowds that these IS application engage.
Keywords :
decision making; information systems; social sciences computing; IS application; IS tools; crowd capability; crowd capital; crowd-engagement purposes; crowd-engaging IS; decision-makers; information system; organizations; practitioner community; research community; table-form; Communities; Electronic publishing; Encyclopedias; Organizations; Sociology; Statistics; ReCaptcha; Wikipedia; captive crowds; citizen science; collaborative IS; crowd capability; crowd capital; crowdsourcing; dispersed knowledge; episodic IS; prediction markets; public crowds; wikis;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences (HICSS), 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2014.431
