Serious gaming @ work: Learning job-related competencies using serious gaming

The Psychology of Digital Media at Work

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 123-144

  Korteling, Hans ^a   Helsdingen, Anne ^a   Theunissen, Nicolet C M ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203074145     Document Type: Chapter

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