It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions

• Main Authors: OHLMS, Marie L., MELCHERS, Klaus G., LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2025
• Subjects: applicant reactions; gamification; Germany; job-relatedness; personnel psychology; personnel selection; storification; work and organizational psychology; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7523; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8522/viewcontent/Agame_Effectsoffantasy_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There is increasing attention to storification of assessments (i.e., embedding a storyline into a non-storified assessment) in research and practice and to gamified and game-based assessment in general. However, there is a surprising lack of agreement and of recommendations regarding what level of f...