Comparison of task performance with different entertainment elements

This paper quantitatively compares the effectiveness of entertainment elements which enhance the workers´ motivation and work performance. The authors select three entertainment elements which were used in previous studies; 1)Contest, 2)Improvement, and 3)Collection. Three systems which implements the entertainment elements were used in student experiment to measure the task performance. The result of the experiment showed that the all entertainment elements increase the task efficiency and motivation compared with non-entertainment support. Among the three elements, Contest increased the work efficiency the most, and Collection increased the work motivation the most.