Game on! How gamified loyalty programs boost customer engagement value

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Highlights:

• Though gamification, engagement & loyalty program research abounds, their interface remains nebulous.

• In response to this gap, we address this three-way theoretical interface in this paper.

• We conceptualize members’ gamified loyalty program engagement (GLPE).

• We compose a framework of GLPE and its self-determination theory-based drivers/outcomes.

• We conclude by discussing key implications that arise from our analyses.

摘要

•Though gamification, engagement & loyalty program research abounds, their interface remains nebulous.•In response to this gap, we address this three-way theoretical interface in this paper.•We conceptualize members’ gamified loyalty program engagement (GLPE).•We compose a framework of GLPE and its self-determination theory-based drivers/outcomes.•We conclude by discussing key implications that arise from our analyses.

论文关键词:Gamification,Loyalty programs,Customer engagement,Self-determination theory

论文评审过程:Received 28 February 2020, Revised 2 January 2021, Accepted 2 January 2021, Available online 19 January 2021, Version of Record 16 September 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102308