Gamification is a paradigm and process innovation premised on applying game mechanics
to non-game settings with benefits of creative games designs and disruptive effects …

A number of commentators have proposed adapting elements derived from game
mechanics to workplaces, to motivate employees via techniques that, the argument goes …

Gamification has recently been receiving increased attention in corporate innovation and
business research alike. In this article, we first outline the main streams of research on …

Niklas Luhmann offers an accessible introduction to one of the most important sociologists of
our time. It presents the key concepts within Luhmann's multifaceted theory of modern …

This chapter surveys methodologies employed in the study of management ideas. It
emphasizes the field's rich variety of data collection, measurement, and inferential …

The interest in organizational play is growing, both in popular business discourse and
organization studies. As the presumption that play is dysfunctional for organizations is …

Why is the praxis of the International Social Sciences (iss) so limited? Why are word counts
and abstracts so much more integral to our quotidian workday than datasheets or color …

Critical studies of managing self-management and governmentality have primarily
concerned the production of identities, subject positions and reflexive elements of self …

232 THE DEBATE ON LEGITIMACY finally did away with these remnants—and in its Marxist
élan abolished some of the aspects of “class society” as well. For the first time in its history …

Gross motor skills (GMS) are the foundation for humans reaching an optimum level of motor
competence necessary to undergo normal development, maintain health, and achieve …