Gamification Solutions to Enhance Software User Engagement—A Systematic Review

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 613-642

  Darejeh, Ali ^a   Salim, Siti Salwah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEARCH ENGINES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; UTILITY PROGRAMS;

INFORMATION WORKERS; INTERFACE ELEMENTS; LEARNING SOFTWARE; PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARES; SEARCH PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE CONTENTS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTILITY SOFTWARE;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 84973091487     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2016.1183330     Document Type: Article

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