In its development since 2006, the concept of Crowdsourcing has shown an inherently multidisciplinary nature, crossing the boundaries of different areas in Management. However, no complete review on the topic has been published in academic journals yet; moreover, a certain ambiguity in definition and unstructured or convoluted arguments constitutes a challenge for scholars committed to contributing to the progress of the field. We hence propose to systematically take stock of the existing body of knowledge on Crowdsourcing through an insightful review, which discloses strengths and weakness of the literature stream, and draws future research avenues. The review endeavor recognizes that Crowdsourcing is rooted in two mainstream disciplines in Innovation Management: 1) Open Innovation and 2) Co-creation. However, it alternatively (and often contemporarily) touches upon a number of issues traditionally covered by other Management disciplines, namely: 3) Information Systems Management; 4) Organizational Design; 5) Organizational Behavior; 6) Strategy; 7) Entrepreneurship; and 8) Marketing. By adopting a process perspective, the review proposes the “Input-Process- Output”, elaborated within an action research model to interpret the multidisciplinary research on Crowdsourcing. It is based on scientific articles focused on the theme from business management/organization/IS management fields, published between January 2006 and June 2013 (ongoing). The study adopts a multi-step process; the overall search resulted 317 articles, while the final database is composed of 97 articles.
Mapping the research on crowdsourcing: and interpretative framework and a research agenda
GHEZZI, ANTONIO;
2013-01-01
Abstract
In its development since 2006, the concept of Crowdsourcing has shown an inherently multidisciplinary nature, crossing the boundaries of different areas in Management. However, no complete review on the topic has been published in academic journals yet; moreover, a certain ambiguity in definition and unstructured or convoluted arguments constitutes a challenge for scholars committed to contributing to the progress of the field. We hence propose to systematically take stock of the existing body of knowledge on Crowdsourcing through an insightful review, which discloses strengths and weakness of the literature stream, and draws future research avenues. The review endeavor recognizes that Crowdsourcing is rooted in two mainstream disciplines in Innovation Management: 1) Open Innovation and 2) Co-creation. However, it alternatively (and often contemporarily) touches upon a number of issues traditionally covered by other Management disciplines, namely: 3) Information Systems Management; 4) Organizational Design; 5) Organizational Behavior; 6) Strategy; 7) Entrepreneurship; and 8) Marketing. By adopting a process perspective, the review proposes the “Input-Process- Output”, elaborated within an action research model to interpret the multidisciplinary research on Crowdsourcing. It is based on scientific articles focused on the theme from business management/organization/IS management fields, published between January 2006 and June 2013 (ongoing). The study adopts a multi-step process; the overall search resulted 317 articles, while the final database is composed of 97 articles.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
