Explanation of the role of gamification on job satisfaction and employee motivation (case study: cosmetic industry)
Subject Areas :Sahar Vatankhah 1 , Mohammad Masum 2
1 -
2 - University of Tehran
Keywords: Gamification Job Satisfaction Employee motivation ,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is explanation of the role of gamification on job satisfaction and employee motivation in cosmetic industry. This research is a positivist nature with a quantitative approach. Also, this research is descriptive and in type of field studies, and in terms of research approach, is a quantitative research. Target population of this study is all staff of marketing and sales units in member of iran cosmetic industries association whose scope of activity is in tehran province. In this study for sampling, cluster sampling method has been used. Also in this study, we used krejcie and morgan tables to determine the sample size and 350 members of the target population have been investigated. In this research, two methods of library and field methods (a standard questionnaire consisting of 13 items) have been used for data collection. In this study in order to assurance of the reliability of the measurement instruments, cronbach's alpha was used. And for validation content validity(content validity ratio and content validity index) was used. Also in order to investigate the relationship between variables and data analysis, paired-samples T test and SPSS software have been used. The results showed that gamification has an effect on job satisfaction and employee motivation.
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