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Impact of Gamification on User’s Knowledge-Sharing Practices:Relationships between Work Motivation, Performance Expectancy and Work Engagement
ISBN
978-0-9981331-0-2
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2017-01-07
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Abstract (De)
How to engage and motivate employees to share their knowledge has become one of the main organizational strategic goals. This study, supported by the Flow theory and Kahn’s theory of engagement, investigated how the impact of gamification on user’s knowledge-sharing practices. We ran an online survey of 147 participants from a large organization that implemented social engagement and motivational systems to leverage internal knowledgesharing practices. Our study revealed important drivers of job motivation (enjoyment, reciprocal
benefit and recognition), which led to higher degree of job engagement and performance expectancy. From this study we derive important insights for practice and theory.
benefit and recognition), which led to higher degree of job engagement and performance expectancy. From this study we derive important insights for practice and theory.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Publisher
Proceedings of the 50th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Start page
1308
End page
1317
Event Title
50th Hawaii International Conference on Sciences (HICSS)
Event Location
Waikoloa, Hawaii
Event Date
05. - 07.01.2017
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Eprints ID
250228
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