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West Virginia University

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Research from West Virginia University industrial engineer Makenzie Dolly suggests employee motivation and productivity may increase when game-like elements, such as progress bars and badges, are integrated into industrial workers’ performance of manufacturing tasks that — like Lego assembly — are rote and repetitive.

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WVU Photo/Nathaniel Godwin

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