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

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...

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Main Authors: OHLMS, Marie L., MELCHERS, Klaus G., LIEVENS, Filip
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-85222024-09-09T06:41:31Z It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions OHLMS, Marie L. MELCHERS, Klaus G. LIEVENS, Filip 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 fantasy of the storyline one should choose for the storification from the perspective of applicant reactions. A distinction is typically made between fantasy (e.g., fighting aliens) and realistic (e.g., workday simulations) storylines, with both choices having their advantages and disadvantages. In this study, a sample of 195 participants was shown either a storified realistic test, a storified fantasy test, or a non-storified test. Afterwards, they rated various applicant reaction measures. Both storified assessments were rated equally positively on perceived modernity of the organization and enjoyment but the storified realistic test was superior to the storified fantasy test in terms of perceived job-relatedness, procedural fairness, organizational attractiveness, and clarity of work activity. Thus, the level of fantasy of a storyline in a storified assessment plays an important role for applicant reaction variables, whereby the overall pattern of results showed that the storified realistic test was rated most favorably, followed by the non-storified test, and the storified fantasy assessment. 2024-08-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7523 info:doi/10.1111/apps.12569 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8522/viewcontent/Agame_Effectsoffantasy_pvoa_cc_by.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University applicant reactions gamification Germany job-relatedness personnel psychology personnel selection storification work and organizational psychology Industrial and Organizational Psychology Organizational Behavior and Theory
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topic applicant reactions
gamification
Germany
job-relatedness
personnel psychology
personnel selection
storification
work and organizational psychology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle applicant reactions
gamification
Germany
job-relatedness
personnel psychology
personnel selection
storification
work and organizational psychology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Organizational Behavior and Theory
OHLMS, Marie L.
MELCHERS, Klaus G.
LIEVENS, Filip
It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions
description 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 fantasy of the storyline one should choose for the storification from the perspective of applicant reactions. A distinction is typically made between fantasy (e.g., fighting aliens) and realistic (e.g., workday simulations) storylines, with both choices having their advantages and disadvantages. In this study, a sample of 195 participants was shown either a storified realistic test, a storified fantasy test, or a non-storified test. Afterwards, they rated various applicant reaction measures. Both storified assessments were rated equally positively on perceived modernity of the organization and enjoyment but the storified realistic test was superior to the storified fantasy test in terms of perceived job-relatedness, procedural fairness, organizational attractiveness, and clarity of work activity. Thus, the level of fantasy of a storyline in a storified assessment plays an important role for applicant reaction variables, whereby the overall pattern of results showed that the storified realistic test was rated most favorably, followed by the non-storified test, and the storified fantasy assessment.
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author OHLMS, Marie L.
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LIEVENS, Filip
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title It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions
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title_full It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions
title_fullStr It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions
title_full_unstemmed It's just a game! Effects of fantasy in a storified test on applicant reactions
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