Serious Fun - Effects of Gamification on Knowledge Exchange in Enterprises

In recent years, gamification has become one of the major trends in information systems. However, until now the kinds of gamification approaches which exist and how they could be applied in the context of knowledge exchange in enterprises has been under-researched. By briefly summarising the current status of research in the fields of social capital, knowledge management and motivational theory we present a potential Omissing linkO: Gamification. Based on this, we suggest a classification of gamification approaches and instruments.

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