Evaluating the impact of serious games: the effect of gaming on entrepreneurial intent

Robert Newbery*, Jonathan Lean, Jonathan Moizer

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Abstract

Purpose - Serious games are playing an increasingly significant role across a range of educational contexts. Business focused serious games can provide students with an authentic learning experience and their use has been increasingly taken up by business school faculty, including those delivering entrepreneurship education. This paper seeks to evaluate the impact of participation in a serious business game on the Entrepreneurial Intent of undergraduate students. Design/methodology/approach - The study adopts a pre-test / post-test quasi-experimental design. It employs a modified version of Linan et al.’s (2011) Entrepreneurial Intent model in the form of a questionnaire survey completed by 263 undergraduate business and management students. Findings – A logic regression model was used to analyse the survey responses. The research findings indicate that the serious game used in this study has a significant negative impact on Entrepreneurial Intent. Gender and role model effects are also identified from the analysis. Originality/value - The paper contributes to the literature in two ways. Firstly, it demonstrates the impact of serious business games on Entrepreneurial Intent during the enterprise awareness stage of a student’s entrepreneurship education. Secondly, it provides a foundation for exploring the role that serious games can play in educating the potential entrepreneurs of the future.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)733-749
Number of pages0
JournalInformation Technology and People
Volume29
Issue number4
Early online date7 Nov 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Nov 2016

Keywords

  • Computer Games
  • Education
  • Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
  • Simulation

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