Warmelink, Harald.

Online gaming and playful organization [electronic resource] / Harald Warmelink. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - 1 online resource (xvii, 229 p.) : ill. - Digital games and learning .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.

1. Setting the stage : the emergence of playful organizations -- 2. Unfolding the concept and its potential : the playful organization ideal-type -- 3. Previous studies re-examined : have playful organizations already emerged? -- 4. An online gamer speaks out : playful organizations in EVE online -- 5. Let's ask our panel : Dutch online gamers on their communities -- 6. Building an un-/comfortable bridge : Dutch online gamers on their work organizations -- 7. Food for thought : the emergence of playful organizations uncovered and critiqued.

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Computer games--Social aspects.
Social structure.
Video games--Social aspects.