Managing employees' motivation, cognition, and performance in virtual workplaces: The blueprint of a game-based adaptive performance platform (GAPP)

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 700-714

  Huang, Wen Hao David ^a   Han, Seung Hyun ^a   Park, Un Yeong ^a   Seo, Jungmin Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

game; motivation; performance; VHRD; virtual HRD; workplaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952098609     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: 15523055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422310394794     Document Type: Article

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