“Achievement unlocked!” - The impact of digital achievements as a gamification element on motivation and performance

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue , 2019, Pages 151-166

  Groening, Christopher ^a   Binnewies, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievements; Experiment; Gamification; Goal setting; Motivation; Performance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ACHIEVEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT; GAMIFICATION; GOAL SETTING; MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; WORKING MECHANISMS;

MOTIVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 85063142918     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2019.02.026     Document Type: Article

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