Return On Contribution (ROC): A Metric for Enterprise Social Software

dc.contributor.authorMuller, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorFreyne, Jill
dc.contributor.authorDugan, Casey
dc.contributor.authorMillen, David R.
dc.contributor.authorThom-Santelli, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-15T11:44:36Z
dc.date.available2017-04-15T11:44:36Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe value of enterprise social media applications, components, and users is difficult to quantify in formal economic terms such as Return On Investment. In this work we propose a different approach, based on human service to other humans. We describe a family of metrics, Return On Contribution (ROC), to assist in managing social software systems. ROC focuses on human collaboration, namely the creation and consumption of information and knowledge among employees. We show how ROC can be used to track the performance of several types of social media applications, and how ROC can help to understand the usage patterns of items within those applications, and the performance of employees who use those applications. Design implications include the importance of “lurkers” in organizational knowledge exchange, and specific types of measurements that may be of value to employees, managers, and system administrators.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_8
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84882-854-4
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer, London
dc.relation.ispartofECSCW 2009: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
dc.relation.ispartofseriesECSCW
dc.titleReturn On Contribution (ROC): A Metric for Enterprise Social Software
dc.typeText
gi.citation.endPage150
gi.citation.startPage143
gi.conference.date07-11 September 2009
gi.conference.locationVienna Austria
gi.conference.sessiontitleFull Papers

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