Game for Brainstorm: The Impact of a Badge System on Knowledge Sharing

Lei Wang
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Lei Wang
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Department of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Yifan Zhang
Yifan Zhang
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Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems, Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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Yi-Jen (Ian) Ho
Yi-Jen (Ian) Ho
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Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
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Lei Wang

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5531-9340

Department of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

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Yifan Zhang

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8280-1316

Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems, Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849

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Yi-Jen (Ian) Ho

Yi-Jen (Ian) Ho

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2480-480X

Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

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Published Online:28 Jul 2025https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0091

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Received:February 16, 2023
Accepted:June 03, 2025
Published Online:July 28, 2025

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Lei Wang, Yifan Zhang, Yi-Jen (Ian) Ho (2025) Game for Brainstorm: The Impact of a Badge System on Knowledge Sharing. Information Systems Research 0(0).

https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0091

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The authors gratefully acknowledge Professor Param Vir Singh, the associate editor, and anonymous reviewers for their insightful and constructive feedback, which has significantly improved this research. The authors also thank Meixian Wang, a PhD candidate at Temple University, for her valuable assistance with the data collection.