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January 2025

Redefining the Future of Work: an Immersive Gamified Workplace

1Edime Yunusa, 2Timothy Abayomi Atoyebi, Ph.D., 3Julius Olugbenga Owoyemi, Ph.D.
1,2,3Department of Sociology Faculty of Social Sciences Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba-Nigeria
1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0399-9169
2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0126-4190
3https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0009-0005-4514-837x

Abstract

The contemporary workplace is undergoing a radical transformation, driven by technological advancements, changing workforce demographics, and evolving employee expectations, and as organizations navigate the post-pandemic era, traditional work paradigms are being challenged, leading to a fundamental reassessment of workplace engagement and productivity models. Therefore, this paper examined how the future of work can be redefined in an immersive gamified workplace. The chapter's objectives includes identifying the key factors and designed principles that contribute to the successful implementation of immersive gamified workplace, to analyze the impact of immersive gamified workplace on employee engagement, productivity, and overall organizational performance and to provide practical guidelines and case studies for organizations seeking to adopt and adapt immersive gamified workplace model. By utilizing secondary sources of data collection, the paper adopted Organizational Change Theory to buttress the review which revealed key factors and designed principles contributing to the successful implementation of immersive gamified workplace such as technological infrastructure, social interaction mechanics and user experience designed principles specifically tailored to professional environments among others. It also reveals employees’ retention and job satisfaction, learning and skill development, organizational performance metrics, leadership development and succession planning as the impacts of immersive gamified workplace on employee engagement, productivity, and overall organizational performance. The paper concludes that the "Immersive Gamified Workplace" represents a transformative vision for the future of work, one that seamlessly integrates emerging technologies, gamification principles, and adaptive organizational structures to enhance employee engagement, productivity, and well-being. The paper recommends among others that organizations should leverage on appropriate technical infrastructure by selecting or developing platforms that integrate seamlessly with existing work tools, implement robust analytics to track engagement and effectiveness and ensuring mobile accessibility for remote work flexibility.

Keywords:

Digital Revolution, Gamification, Redefining the future of works.

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