Gamification, the finer art: fostering creativity and employee engagement

Journal of Business Strategy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3-12

  Kumar, Hari ^a   Raghavendran, Satish ^b  

^a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

^b Strategy and Operations   (India)

Author keywords

Emotional wallet; Employee engagement; Fear of failure; Large organizations; Maverick program; Mediocrity; Talent management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947758370     PISSN: 02756668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JBS-10-2014-0119     Document Type: Article

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