Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

2-2026

Abstract

Game-based assessments (GBAs) have become increasingly popular in personnel selection. However, research on perceptions of GBAs has yielded mixed results, highlighting the need to explore variables that may shape perceptions of GBAs. Therefore, we examined whether test takers' occupational background and other person-related characteristics (i.e., gender, age, video game usage, openness to experience) are associated with their perceptions of GBAs. N = 179 individuals from technical and social occupational backgrounds rated their perceptions of GBAs and non-gamified tests. We found that GBAs were generally rated more positively than non-gamified tests in terms of organizational attractiveness, behavioral intentions toward the organization, enjoyment, and modernity. Furthermore, test takers' occupational background and several individual difference variables were related to perceptions of GBAs. These findings show the need to include individual difference variables as antecedents in applicant reaction models.

Keywords

applicant perceptions, game, game-based assessment, gamification, individual differences, occupational background, personnel selection

Discipline

Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volume

34

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

13

ISSN

0965-075X

Identifier

10.1111/ijsa.70040

Publisher

Wiley

Copyright Owner and License

Authors-CC-BY

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fijsa.70040

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