Abstract
Recent advances in information technology have made it feasible for organizations to pool expertise around the globe. In particular, organizations increasingly seek solutions to their business problems using online crowdsourcing contests that are open the public. Motivated by this new phenomenon, this research investigates how the distribution of social connections and skill levels within a virtual team impacts its performance in the context of online crowdsourcing contests. Specifically, we examine the impacts of member centrality, skill levels and the alignment of these two measures within a virtual team on team performances in competitive environments. Our analysis suggests that centrality and skill levels of members of different roles are related to team performance differently. We further show that the alignment of member centrality and skill level has a negative impact on team performances, and this negative impact get stronger when the competition intensity is high. Our findings have strategic implications to the design of virtual work teams.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 35th International Conference on Information Systems "Building a Better World Through Information Systems", ICIS 2014 |
| Publisher | Association for Information Systems |
| State | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 35th International Conference on Information Systems: Building a Better World Through Information Systems, ICIS 2014 - Auckland, New Zealand Duration: Dec 14 2014 → Dec 17 2014 |
Other
| Other | 35th International Conference on Information Systems: Building a Better World Through Information Systems, ICIS 2014 |
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| Country/Territory | New Zealand |
| City | Auckland |
| Period | 12/14/14 → 12/17/14 |
Keywords
- Crowdsourcing
- Social network analysis
- Virtual teams
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Information Systems
- Computer Science Applications