Toward a Design Theory of User-Centered Score Mechanics for Gamified Competency Development

Abstract

Gamification is increasingly being used by organizations to foster work-related competencies and employee motivation. In the current body of gamification literature, there is a dearth of design knowledge about systems that foster the development of employee competencies through effective gamification approaches. The aim of this paper is to set the cornerstone of an information systems design theory (ISDT) of user-centered score mechanics that can assist both researchers and practitioners in building gamified environments. © 2021 Taylor & Francis.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Gamification design science research Design theory gamified competency development user-centered score mechanics

Index Keywords

'current Personnel User centered design Gamification Competency development Work-related Design-science researches User-centred Mechanics Design theory Employee motivation Gamified competency development User-centered score mechanic

Author Affiliations

School of Business Studies, Hochschule Stralsund, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Chair of Business Information Systems, ESCP Europe Business School, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Funding & Acknowledgements

Grant: 898 14145

This projectwas co-funded by the Federal Ministry of Educationand Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) and the EU’s European Social Fund (funding number 898 14145).

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF

This projectwas co-funded by the Federal Ministry of Educationand Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) and the EU’s European Social Fund (funding number 898 14145).

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Toward a Design Theory of User-Centered Score Mechanics for Gamified Competency Development

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