Is Gamification Effortful? A Study in the Crowdsourcing Context

Dion Hoe Lian Goh; Yi Dan; Tiantian Huang; Mengtian Zhang; Chei Sian Lee

doi:10.1002/pra2.542

Is Gamification Effortful? A Study in the Crowdsourcing Context

Dion Hoe Lian Goh^*, Yi Dan, Tiantian Huang, Mengtian Zhang, Chei Sian Lee

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Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

Researchers have claimed that gamification adds to the workload of users, potentially influencing their perceptions of effort and performance expectancy negatively. Through an experimental study which compared a gamified and a non-gamified mobile app for crowdsourcing restaurant reviews, we found participants had similar perceptions of effort and performance expectancy, contrary to expectations,. Interestingly, participants perceived reviews in the gamified application to be more accurate. There were also more reviews made in the gamified application.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	725-727
Number of pages	3
Journal	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Volume	58
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.542
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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84 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology | Oct. 29 – Nov. 3, 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT. Author(s) retain copyright, but ASIS&T receives an exclusive publication license.

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crowdsourcing
effort expectancy
Gamification
performance expectancy
user study

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