Does Gamification Work? -- A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Gamification

@article{Hamari2014DoesGW,
  title={Does Gamification Work? -- A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Gamification},
  author={Juho Hamari and Jonna Koivisto and Harri Sarsa},
  journal={2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences},
  year={2014},
  pages={3025-3034}
}
This paper reviews peer-reviewed empirical studies on gamification. [] Key Result The findings of the review provide insight for further studies as well as for the design of gamified systems.
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