Microworkers as research participants: Does underpaying Turkers lead to cognitive dissonance?

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Highlights：

• Turkers who are paid less tend to exaggerate the importance of their participation.

• Turkers who are paid less express greater enjoyment and experience lower tension.

• Turkers paid less expend lower effort and are more likely to drop out.

• Underpaying microworkers undermines ethical practice of scientific research.

摘要

•Turkers who are paid less tend to exaggerate the importance of their participation.•Turkers who are paid less express greater enjoyment and experience lower tension.•Turkers paid less expend lower effort and are more likely to drop out.•Underpaying microworkers undermines ethical practice of scientific research.

论文关键词：Amazon's Mechanical Turk,Underpayment,Cognitive dissonance,Enjoyment,Effort

论文评审过程：Received 10 April 2018, Revised 10 June 2018, Accepted 15 June 2018, Available online 18 June 2018, Version of Record 28 June 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.06.017