•	Adding humor into jobs that involve customers

•	Adding competition to tasks


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Playful Work Design is applying play in the workplace. Employees are assigned tasks and are given a chance to apply play to their tasks to make them more enjoyable and motivating. 

Playful Work Design 

 Scharp, Y. S., Bakker, A. B., & Breevaart, K. (2022). Playful work design and employee work engagement: A self-determination perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 134 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2022.103693

Playful work design and employee Involvement

Playful work design consists of two designs which are fun and competition. A fun work environment gives employees a sense of involvement and a competitive environment gives employees a chance to create goals and achieve tasks as they get more challenging. 



Components of Playful Work Design 

•	Employees can do their tasks more efficiently

•	Employees are more innovative

•	Employees are more productive in their tasks

•	Employees are less likely to be tensed up in their jobs


Benefits of Playful Work Design 

Examples of Playful Work Design 

Playful work design is needed because it gives employees a sense of independence of their own tasks and the sense that employees are part of something that is important and by making the play challenging it also gives employees goals of reaching their accomplishments.

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