TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose There is growing interest in innovative online problem-solving models such as crowdsourcing to serve individuals, firms and the society as a whole. Crowdsourcing is the combination of efforts from various sets of individuals who are either volunteering or working part-time for socioeconomic production, basically in the cyber world. This hybrid work model is already in use by businesses and entrepreneurs; some of the platforms include Amazon mechanical Turk, 99designs, Hit RECORD and Design Crowd.Design/methodology/approach Much has been parleyed and published, and this is primarily because of the efficient socioeconomic potentials crowdsourcing offers.Findings This paper addressed the following three questions to help have a better understanding of crowdsourcing: who can perform crowdsourcing? why it is relevant to crowdsource in this present proliferated internet age and if there are going to be some changes in the future and the last but not the least what can be done to promote it in the society?Originality/value This paper discusses the three W’s and concludes with challenges facing the crowdsourcing work model.
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SN  - 2398-7294
DO  - 10.1108/IJCS-07-2017-0005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCS-07-2017-0005
AU  - Ikediego Henry Oluchukwu
AU  - Ilkan Mustafa
AU  - Abubakar A. Mohammed
AU  - Victor Bekun Festus
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Crowd-sourcing (who, why and what)
T2  - International Journal of Crowd Science
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 27
EP  - 41
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -