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The Gamification of Work: The Use of Games in the Workplace
Emmanuelle Savignac
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Description for The Gamification of Work: The Use of Games in the Workplace
Hardback. Despite the traditional opposition between play and work, games and their structure are increasingly used in workplaces. This phenomenon of using game elements or mechanisms in other contexts than games is named gamification . Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434.
Despite the traditional opposition between play and work, games and their structure are increasingly used in workplaces. This phenomenon of using game elements or mechanisms in other contexts than games is named “gamification”. In workplaces, the gamification is supposed to abolish the separation between work and leisure or between constraint and pleasure. This book reviews a century of game theories in the social sciences and analyzes the uses of games in workplaces. We critically question the explicit functions (learning, experimentation…) which are supposed to be conveyed by games. Finally, we show that game, understood as a structure, could have efficient ... Read more
Despite the traditional opposition between play and work, games and their structure are increasingly used in workplaces. This phenomenon of using game elements or mechanisms in other contexts than games is named “gamification”. In workplaces, the gamification is supposed to abolish the separation between work and leisure or between constraint and pleasure. This book reviews a century of game theories in the social sciences and analyzes the uses of games in workplaces. We critically question the explicit functions (learning, experimentation…) which are supposed to be conveyed by games. Finally, we show that game, understood as a structure, could have efficient ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786301239
SKU
V9781786301239
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About Emmanuelle Savignac
Emmanuelle Savignac is an anthropologist and senior lecturer at the University La Sorbonne, and at the CERLIS (CNRS, Paris 3, Paris 5).
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