Why do people use gamification services?

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 419-431

  Hamari, Juho ^a,b   Koivisto, Jonna ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

eHealth; Gamification; Online game; Persuasive technology; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; MOTIVATION;

DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; HEDONIC ASPECTS; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; ON-LINE GAMES; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIAL MOTIVATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

GAMIFICATION;

EID: 84928481593     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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