Digital technologies are changing the nature of teamwork in ways that have important
implications for leadership. Though conceptually rich and multi-disciplinary, much of the …

How is crowd organization produced? How are crowd-enabled networks activated,
structured, and maintained in the absence of recognized leaders, common goals, or …

We introduce flash teams, a framework for dynamically assembling and managing paid
experts from the crowd. Flash teams advance a vision of expert crowd work that …

Wikipedia has mobilized a collective of millions to produce an enormous, high-quality
encyclopedia without traditional hierarchical organization or financial incentives. More than …

As we interact online we are creating new kinds of knowledge and community. How are
these communities formed? How do we know whether to trust them as sources of …

In this short introductory piece, we define open collaboration and contextualize the diverse
articles in this special issue in a common vocabulary and history. We provide a definition of …

Crowdsourcing systems accomplish large tasks with scale and speed by breaking work
down into independent parts. However, many types of complex creative work, such as fiction …

An understanding of participation dynamics within online production communities requires
an examination of the roles assumed by participants. Recent studies have established that …

In story writing, the diverse perspectives of the crowd could support an author's search for
the perfect character, setting, or plot. However, structuring crowd collaboration is …

The field of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) works to understand and to design
interactions between people and machines. Increasingly, human collectives are using …