Gamification for online communities: A case study for delivering government services

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bista, Sanat Kumar ^a   Nepal, Surya ^a   Paris, Cécile ^a   Colineau, Nathalie ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Badges; engagement; gamification; online community; online social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903287380     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843014410020     Document Type: Article

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