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Correlation Between Gamification and Intrinsic Motivation with a Mobile Job-Market Application

Authors : Niklas Grossmann, Helmut Hlavacs

Published in: Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia Intelligence

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

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In this paper we study the influence of the degree a mobile app is gamified on the motivation of its users. In particular, we created three versions of the same job application app, one without gamification, one with modest gamification, and one with heavy gamification. We then asked 21 student participants about their motivation to use either of these versions. Statistical analysis shows that gamification indeed increases motivation, but there is no significant difference between modest and heavy gamification.

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Title: Correlation Between Gamification and Intrinsic Motivation with a Mobile Job-Market Application
Authors: Niklas Grossmann
Helmut Hlavacs
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Book: Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia Intelligence
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-78048-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-78049-3

Copyright Year: 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78049-3_6

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