2 research outputs found
Understanding proactive leadership in crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing is a relatively new concept, nonethel
ess it has been raising more and more interest
with researchers. More and more organisations reach
for it, for instance taking into account its
potential business value. It decides about access t
o experience, innovativeness, information, skills,
and
work, which are located outside the organisation, a
ctually in the crowd. An analysis of various
examples of making use of crowdsourcing by organisa
tions encourages reflection on the factors,
which determine its success. In the literature, one
emphasises, among others, the significance
of proactive leadership to crowdsourcing. This arti
cle is an attempt to specify the significance of
proactive leadership in crowdsourcing. For the need
s of specifying, evaluating, and identifying the
existing state of knowledge on the significance of
proactive leadership in crowdsourcing a systematic
literature review was conducted. It also enabled se
lection, critical evaluation of the existing resear
ch,
identification and synthesis of the results of all
of the principal research studies and theoretical
approaches. The results of the systematic literatur
e review indicate that proactive leadership is
considered to be the necessary condition for beginn
ing any actions initiating crowdsourcing.
A proactive leader takes the initiative, starts the
action, initiates, is able to find the best soluti
on, and
actively searches for information in order to incre
ase the knowledge resources. This is connected with
identifying by these persons of the possibilities a
nd willingness to introduce changes in work
organisation. It creates incentives for the partici
pation of virtual communities in crowdsourcing and
propagates and promotes accepting their knowledge b
y the employees
Factors influencing decisions about crowdsourcing in the public sector : a literature review
The subject of the article is identification of the factors that influence making decisions about implementing crowdsourcing by public organisations in their activity, in particular municipal offices in Poland. These factors have been selected based on a literature review. A review of one of the initiatives realised by a municipal Office in Poland allows for formulating a conclusion that factors connected with the type of task and management may impact decisions on implementing crowdsourcing