Individuals, teams and organizations score with gamification : Tool can help to motivate employees and boost performance

Purpose – Explains how gamification can help to motivate employees and boost individual and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – Defines gamification and provides some examples of how it can work in practice. Findings – Charts how gamification helps to engage employees by infusing vigor, making them dedicated and enabling them to be absorbed in their work. Practical implications – Explains that gamification can help in infusing a feel of ownership of performance and results. Social implications – Outlines some of the social forces that can help to make gamification a success. Originality/value – Reveals that through gamification – designed sensitively, crafted creatively and implemented positively – organizations can target burn-out and help to foster an engaging work environment.