- Results show that participants found the apps easy to use. This did not differ significantly between the two groups, p > 0.05. Similarly, the responses indicate that the apps’ usage is also easy to learn .
- This held significantly more strongly for TH than for EW 
- Responses in the comparison category indicate that participants preferred their conventional task managers for their speed and efficiency, 


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Participants, who felt good about an apps’ reward system, were also more satisfied with its use. Conventional task managers are, however, preferred for speed and efficiency. Based on interviews, it seems that gamified task managers are not more useful than classical ones.

Results (Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications)

 Kappen, D., Johannsmeier, J., Nacke, L.,(2013) Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications. Stratford, Ontario, Canada, October 2-4, 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2583008.2583034

 Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications 

Survey Results (Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications)

- Gamified task managers, such as TH or EW, do not seem inherently more useful than classical ones, although this was to be expected, the primary effect of gamification should be to add motivation and satisfaction to the activity. 
- However, this does not seem to be the case with the two apps we tested: 
- Participants’ answers indicate that they did not feel strongly motivated (neither extrinsically nor intrinsically) nor did they feel particularly satisfied while using the apps. While the results also imply that participants did not feel aversion towards the gamified task managers (as seen in the neutral responses to the “Amotivation” category), the results of the “Comparison” category suggest that participants preferred their standard task managers for everyday use. 
- The questionnaire did not reveal clear differences between the two task-management apps studied. 



Post-study interview Results (Deconstructing ‘Gamified’ Task-Management Applications)

-The significant positive correlations between intrinsic motivation and usefulness and extrinsic motivation and satisfaction imply that there is a relation. This could be a relationship between how participants perceive the game elements of the apps and how useful they find an app for task management or indicate how satisfied users were with the overall product. 
- Kendall’s tau as a correlation coefficient, resulting in τ = 0.48 for the categories “Motivation (intrinsic)” and “Usefulness.” This correlation is significant with z = 2.32, p < 0.05, show-ing that participants’ perception of the task managers’ use-fulness was related to how motivated they were to use the game app. 
- Authors found a significant correlation between the averaged responses to the categories “Motivation (extrinsic)” and “Satisfaction,” τ = 0.51, with z = 2.48, p < 0.05. This result indicates that participants who felt good about the apps’ reward system were also more satisfied with its use. 
- Another notable correlation was found between the categories “Motivation (intrinsic)” and “Comparison” (τ = -0.45, z = 2.16, p < 0.05). This implies that, whether participants preferred their standard task manager was related to whether they felt motivated by the game elements of the apps. 



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