How the type and valence of feedback information influence volunteers’ knowledge contribution in citizen science projects

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Highlights：

• Feedback information type has varying effect on intrinsic motivation.

• The impact of feedback information type is found to differ by feedback information valence.

• Volunteers’ intrinsic motivation positively influences their knowledge contribution.

• Knowledge contribution perception is a mediator between intrinsic motivation and knowledge contribution performance.

摘要

•Feedback information type has varying effect on intrinsic motivation.•The impact of feedback information type is found to differ by feedback information valence.•Volunteers’ intrinsic motivation positively influences their knowledge contribution.•Knowledge contribution perception is a mediator between intrinsic motivation and knowledge contribution performance.

论文关键词：Feedback information,Knowledge contribution,Citizen science,Motivation,Information design,Achievement goal theory

论文评审过程：Received 13 October 2020, Revised 1 May 2021, Accepted 9 May 2021, Available online 27 June 2021, Version of Record 27 June 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102633