@incollection{Harviainen2021,

title = {Central Theories of Games and Play},

author = {J. Tuomas Harviainen and Jaakko Stenros},

editor = {Mikko Vesa},

doi = {10.4324/9780429316722},

isbn = {9780367321185},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-02-25},

booktitle = {Organizational Gamification: Theories and Practices of Ludified Work in Late Modernity},

pages = {20-39},

publisher = {Taylor & Francis},

abstract = {This chapter reviews existing theories and frameworks of games, playfulness and play developed since the late nineteenth century.  By understanding through various disciplines and approaches the principles of how humans relate to playing, it is possible to apply them to also organizational contexts in a fruitful manner.},

keywords = {Definitions, Game definitions, Rules, Theories of play},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {incollection}

}