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Article: Open source platforms for citizen engagement: examining Ashoka’s design and implementation
Title | Open source platforms for citizen engagement: examining Ashoka’s design and implementation |
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Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/npf?rskey=RzVGm9&result=1&q=Nonprofit Policy Forum |
Citation | Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2011, v. 2 n. 2, article no. 5 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper investigates the use of open source, idea competition platforms to catalyze citizen participation. It specifically focuses on an initiative of Ashoka’s Changemakers, an innovative international nonprofit to develop this capacity to leverage modest philanthropic resources and inspire citizens to offer ideas about solutions to public problems. Drawing upon theory from collective action, we empirically examined how project design affects contribution to forty-seven projects held from 2004 to 2011. The analysis reveals the number of contributions is higher when the projects are highly visible, when specific skills are required, and when outcome measures are specified in participants’ proposals. This analysis gives support to existing theory about online engagement and considers implications for policy, practice and future research about use of and design of open source platforms in public affairs. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/164546 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.2 |
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dc.contributor.author | Liu, HK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sandfort, J | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-20T08:05:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-20T08:05:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2011, v. 2 n. 2, article no. 5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2194-6035 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/164546 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates the use of open source, idea competition platforms to catalyze citizen participation. It specifically focuses on an initiative of Ashoka’s Changemakers, an innovative international nonprofit to develop this capacity to leverage modest philanthropic resources and inspire citizens to offer ideas about solutions to public problems. Drawing upon theory from collective action, we empirically examined how project design affects contribution to forty-seven projects held from 2004 to 2011. The analysis reveals the number of contributions is higher when the projects are highly visible, when specific skills are required, and when outcome measures are specified in participants’ proposals. This analysis gives support to existing theory about online engagement and considers implications for policy, practice and future research about use of and design of open source platforms in public affairs. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/npf?rskey=RzVGm9&result=1&q=Nonprofit Policy Forum | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nonprofit Policy Forum | en_US |
dc.rights | The final publication is available at www.degruyter.com | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | Open source platforms for citizen engagement: examining Ashoka’s design and implementation | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Liu, HK: hkliu9@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Liu, HK=rp00867 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2202/2154-3348.1022 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 208595 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 5 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 5 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000436654600005 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Germany | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2154-3348 | - |