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Fostering Public Good Contributions with Symbolic Awards: A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment at Wikipedia

Jana Gallus
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Jana Gallus
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UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095
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Jana Gallus

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Jana Gallus

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UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095

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Published Online:30 Sep 2016https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2540

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Received:October 31, 2014
Accepted:April 11, 2016
Published Online:September 30, 2016

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Jana Gallus (2016) Fostering Public Good Contributions with Symbolic Awards: A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment at Wikipedia. Management Science 63(12):3999-4015.

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