Do points, levels and leaderboards harm intrinsic motivation? An empirical analysis of common gamification elements

Elisa D Mekler, Florian Brühlmann, Klaus Opwis, and Alexandre N Tuch

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  1. Mekler, Elisa D, Florian Brühlmann, Klaus Opwis, and Alexandre N Tuch. "Do points, levels and leaderboards harm intrinsic motivation? An empirical analysis of common gamification elements." In Proceedings of the First International Conference on gameful design, research, and applications (2013): 66–73
Bibtex
@inproceedings{mekler2013points,
  title = {Do points, levels and leaderboards harm intrinsic motivation? An empirical analysis of common gamification elements},
  author = {Mekler, Elisa D and Br{\"u}hlmann, Florian and Opwis, Klaus and Tuch, Alexandre N},
  year = {2013},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the First International Conference on gameful design, research, and applications},
  pages = {66--73}
}