1. 
   2022

   Gamifying an assessment method: What signals are organizations sending to applicants?

   Georgiou, K., & Lievens, F. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 37(6), 559–574.

   The enjoyment and flow of a gamified situational judgement test made the organisation seem more innovative and attractive to applicants.

2. 
   2022

   Game-related assessments for personnel selection: A systematic review Independent review

   Ramos-Villagrasa, P. J., Fernández-del-Río, E., & Castro, Á. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 952002.

   An independent review of 34 studies on game-related assessments in hiring. It describes Owiwi as the game-related assessment “with the most empirical support so far”.

3. 
   2021

   Gamified or traditional situational judgement test? A moderated mediation model of recommendation intentions via organizational attractiveness

   Gkorezis, P., Georgiou, K., Nikolaou, I., & Kyriazati, A. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30(2), 240–250.

   Among applicants with a lot of video-gaming experience, the gamified test made the organisation more attractive and made them more likely to recommend it.

4. 
   2021

   Can explanations improve applicant reactions towards gamified assessment methods?

   Georgiou, K. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 29(2), 253–268.

   Explaining beforehand that a gamified test is hard to fake made applicants react to it more favourably.

5. 
   2020

   Are applicants in favor of traditional or gamified assessment methods? Exploring applicant reactions towards a gamified selection method

   Georgiou, K., & Nikolaou, I. Computers in Human Behavior, 109, 106356.

   Applicants were more satisfied with Owiwi’s gamified test than with a text-based version, and that satisfaction was linked to seeing the process as fairer.

6. 
   2019

   Exploring the relationship of a gamified assessment with performance

   Nikolaou, I., Georgiou, K., & Kotsasarlidou, V. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 22, e6.

   Owiwi’s game-based assessment predicted self-reported job and academic performance, and predicted academic performance beyond personality and cognitive ability.

7. 
   2019

   Gamification in employee selection: The development of a gamified assessment

   Georgiou, K., Gouras, A., & Nikolaou, I. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 27(2), 91–103.

   How a situational judgement test and a gamified version of it were developed, with preliminary support for adding game elements to assessment.

For an overview of the method behind the assessment, read The Science Behind Owiwi (PDF) or visit our Science page.