Seminar Talk by Professor Leimeister at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

On April 26, 2019, Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister, Head of the Department of Information Systems and Director of the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG) at the University of Kassel, gave a lecture at  NanyangTechnological University Singapore. The lecture took place as part of the "Research/Seminar Talk" event series there. Nanyang Technological University Singapore is a university of the city state of Singapore and is one of the most renowned universities in Asia and the world. For example, in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) ranking, it ranks 7th in Asia and 51st in the world, and is also one of the most rising young universities in the world, with an improvement of 123 places in this ranking since 2010.

 Professor Leimeister's presentation wastitled  "Why and how to keep crowd workers motivated". Based on an online survey of 434 crowd workers from 23 platforms, the content in the context of this new form of work organization included perceived satisfaction with crowd work, a better understanding of this new form of digital work in general, and the question of how perceived task characteristics and financial compensation together influence desirable working conditions for crowd workers. Following Professor Leimeister's presentation, a joint discussion took place.