Gamification in employee selection: The development of a gamified assessment

• Published in: International journal of selection and assessment Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 91 - 103
• Main Authors: Georgiou, Konstantina, Gouras, Athanasios, Nikolaou, Ioannis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2019
• Subjects: employee selection; Gamification; gamified assessment method; situational judgement test; Validation studies
• ISSN: 0965-075X; 1468-2389
• DOI: 10.1111/ijsa.12240

Gamification has attracted increased attention among organizations and human resource professionals recently, as a novel and promising concept for attracting and selecting prospective employees. In the current study, we explore the construct validity of a new gamified assessment method in employee selection that we developed following the situational judgement test (SJT) methodology. Our findings support the applicability of game elements into a traditional form of assessment built to assess candidates' soft skills. Specifically, our study contributes to research on gamification and employee selection exploring the construct validity of a gamified assessment method indicating that the psychometric properties of SJTs and their transformation into a gamified assessment are a suitable avenue for future research and practice in this field.