I saw and experienced first-hand the motivational effect of Kiva teams. I can see a lot of positives for Wikipedia: increased contributions given competition (if the leader board is constructed in a way not to demotivate the lower performing teams) and perhaps the more experienced editors will help the newer editors (or at least give them "air cover")
Sent from my iPad > On 14 Nov 2014, at 2:51 am, Aaron Halfaker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey folks, > > This month we're holding a special edition of the Research and Data showcase. > We've invited Dr. Yan Chen, Professor from the UMuch iSchool to present her > work studying community dynamics with Kiva (micro-lending platform) and what > her results might imply for Wikimedia's sites. To take advantage of her > travel schedule, we'll be holding the event on Friday November 14 at 11.30 > PST (UTC-8) rather than the usually 3rd Wednesday. The event will be live > streamed and recorded as usual. You can join the conversation via IRC on > freenode.net in the the #wikimedia-research channel. > > We look forward to seeing you there, > > -Aaron > > Does Team Competition Increase Pro-Social Lending? Evidence from Online > Microfinance. > By Yan Chen > In the first half of the talk, I will present our empirical analysis of the > effects of team competition on pro-social lending activity on Kiva.org, the > first microlending website to match lenders with entrepreneurs in developing > countries. Using naturally occurring field data, we find that lenders who > join teams contribute 1.2 more loans per month than those who do not. > Furthermore, teams differ in activity levels. To investigate this > heterogeneity, we run a field experiment by posting forum messages. Compared > to the control, we find that lenders from inactive teams make significantly > more loans when exposed to a goal-setting message and that team coordination > increases the magnitude of this effect. > In the second part of the talk, I will discuss a randomized field experiment > we did in May 2014, when we recommend teams to lenders on Kiva. We find that > lenders are more likely to join teams in their local area. However, after > joining teams, those who join popular teams (on the leaderboard) are more > active in lending. > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
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