Gamification in Crowdsourcing: A Review

@article{Morschheuser2016GamificationIC,
  title={Gamification in Crowdsourcing: A Review},
  author={Benedikt Morschheuser and Juho Hamari and Jonna Koivisto},
  journal={2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)},
  year={2016},
  pages={4375-4384}
}
This study investigates how different gamification implementations can increase crowdsourcees' motivation and participation in crowdsourcing (CS). To this end, we review empirical literature that has investigated the use of gamification in crowdsourcing settings. Overall, the results of the review indicate that gamification has been an effective approach for increasing crowdsourcing participation. When comparing crowdcreating, -solving, -processing and-rating CS approaches, the results show… 
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