Does gamification satisfy needs? A study on the relationship between gamification features and intrinsic need satisfaction

Xi, Nannan; Hamari, Juho

doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.12.002

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“…Thus, business simulation games should be designed in groups of students that work together towards a shared objective. Besides cooperation, the need for relatedness has also been related to social competition (Xi & Hamari, ). In this regard, it would be beneficial to design business simulation games so that they can create friendly competition among groups of students to generate a sense of belonging (Van Roy & Zaman, ).…”

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Engagement in business simulation games: A self‐system model of motivational development

Buil¹,

Catalán²,

Martínez³

2019

Brit J Educational Tech

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This research draws on the self-system model of motivational development to explain how the use of business simulation games in class facilitates students' engagement and enhances their learning. Based on a survey of 360 undergraduate students who played a business simulation game in a marketing course, the findings show that students' perceptions of competence, autonomy, relatedness and self-efficacy have a positive impact on their cognitive, emotional and behavioural engagement. In addition, cognitive and emotional engagement have a positive influence on skills development and perceived learning.

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Engagement in business simulation games: A self‐system model of motivational development

Buil¹,

Catalán²,

Martínez³

2019

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…Contributing to the welfare of others in games seems to be intrinsically fulfilling for players, given they are rewarded with a feeling of enjoyment for their prosocial in-game behavior. According to altruism theory, this is a natural consequence of helping [6] and what's more, it adds to our understanding pertaining to the different facets by which games or features of games may give rise to intrinsically fulfilling outcomes [36] [59].…”

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“…Prosocial game patterns and playing cooperatively have previously been suggested to give rise to prosocial motives [14][19][41] [42]. Games and gamification have long been argued to yield powerful mechanisms to increase intrinsic motivation [23][36] [59] and engaging in altruistic action has been proposed to be intrinsically fulfilling in the sense that people enjoy helping others [57]. Team features, virtual gift giving, and other features of cooperative nature have been associated with giving rise to altruistic sentiment and helping behavior in games [41][42] [53].…”

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How Game Features Give Rise to Altruism and Collective Action? Implications for Cultivating Cooperation by Gamification

Riar¹,

Morschheuser²,

Hamari³

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Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Due to the general gamification of our culture and society as well as the proliferation of games in our everyday activities, people are increasingly looking at games and gamification as a source for cooperation and other prosocial behaviors. However, not all game features lead to increased cohesion, cooperation or collaboration between people. While some games indeed are geared for cooperation, majority of games also aim toward competition or just non-social activity. Therefore, a prominent research problem exists in understanding how different game and gamification design may lead to altruistic sentiment and collective action. In this study, we investigated how the engagement with cooperative game features relates to the emergence of altruism and whether altruism leads to the formation of we-intentions in a gaming context. We employed data gathered among players of the augmented reality game Ingress (N=206) and analyzed the data using PLS-SEM. The results show that game features can give rise to altruism and that altruism can invoke we-intentions via cooperative goal structures (we-goals) of individuals. In addition to providing important insights regarding how cooperation emerges within games, this study provides implications for cultivating cooperation by gamification.

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“…Gamification enhances services and systems by creating experiences which are similar to those created by games. These game-like experiences help support and motivate users to perform reasoned actions and behavior encompassing positive attitudes toward services, and to actively participate in learning activities [7,22,28,29]. More importantly, gamified practices allow individuals to experience enjoyment, flow, autonomy, mastery, and accomplishment through various game design elements such as missions and quizzes [18].…”

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“…Since gamification is a relatively new concept, it is mostly unclear how users like tourists respond to gamification design [7], and there is limited knowledge on how the benefits of gamification can be successfully applied to different business processes including to the tourism industry. In addition, indicating the lack of academic evidence of the effect or benefits of gamification, as Salen and Zimmerman [20] and others [13,[21][22][23] have stressed, it has not yet been firmly established that gamification is appropriate for changing people's motivational behaviors or attitudes in all types of business processes. Thus, this gap in academic knowledge has made it difficult to achieve consensus on whether the impact of gamification on tourists in various types of destinations is positive or negative, and to predict its efficacy in a tourism context [24,25].…”

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The Effect of Gamification on Psychological and Behavioral Outcomes: Implications for Cruise Tourism Destinations

Lee

2019

Sustainability

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The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the effect of gamification on tourist psychological outcome and knowledge gain in the context of cultural heritage sites, which are popular cruise tourism destinations. A comprehensive literature review revealed the critical role of gamification in facilitating psychological (enjoyment, flow experience, and loyalty) and behavioral outcomes (knowledge gain) at cultural heritage sites. Using a field experiment, this study employed a gamified app as a manipulation. A total of 342 gamified app users (n = 165) or non-users (n = 177) were selected by stratified random sampling method from among college students majoring in tourism and cruise management in South Korea. After screening the data, a Hayes' PROCESS modeling technique was mainly utilized to test the proposed hypotheses based on 331 cases. The results showed that gamification had a strong influence on knowledge gain about cultural heritage attractions. On the other hand, gamification had negative effects on enjoyment and flow experience. More importantly, gamification had a negative indirect effect on loyalty toward cultural heritage attractions. These findings imply the usefulness of gamified apps to convey memorable and real-time information and knowledge to users in cultural heritage sites.

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Does gamification satisfy needs? A study on the relationship between gamification features and intrinsic need satisfaction

Cited by 441 publications

References 87 publications

Engagement in business simulation games: A self‐system model of motivational development

Engagement in business simulation games: A self‐system model of motivational development

How Game Features Give Rise to Altruism and Collective Action? Implications for Cultivating Cooperation by Gamification

The Effect of Gamification on Psychological and Behavioral Outcomes: Implications for Cruise Tourism Destinations

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