Motivational Climate Effects on Communications, Emotional-Social States, and Performance in Collaborative Gaming Environment
Omer Eldadi, Yarin Dekimhi, and Gershon Tenenbaum

TL;DR
This study investigates how motivational climate influences communication, emotions, collective efficacy, and performance in collaborative gaming, showing positive climates improve team dynamics and outcomes, especially at lower difficulty levels.
Contribution
It provides empirical evidence that positive motivational climate enhances communication, emotional states, and performance in collaborative gaming environments, especially under lower difficulty conditions.
Findings
Positive climate improves team performance at lower difficulty levels
Teams in positive climate use more action-oriented and emotional statements
Positive climate correlates with higher positive emotions and collective efficacy
Abstract
The study explores the effects of motivational climate on communication features, emotional states, collective efficacy, and performance in collaborative gaming environments. Forty participants with no prior gaming experience were randomly assigned to 20 gender-matched teams of three (including one confederate) across two motivational climates: positive-supportive (PS) or neutral-unsupported (NU) (10 teams per condition). Team members completed three progressively difficult levels of Overcooked! 2 during which communication contents, emotional responses, collective efficacy, and performance outcomes were observed and coded. Mixed-design MANOVAs and ANOVAs were employed to examine the effects of motivational climate and task difficulty on communication patterns, emotions, collective efficacy, and performance. Chi-square analyses were performed to test communication content differences…
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Taxonomy
TopicsTeam Dynamics and Performance · Educational Games and Gamification · Conflict Management and Negotiation
