1st Edition

Gamification for Engaging a Diverse Workforce

Edited By Manish Gupta Copyright 2026
322 Pages 3 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

322 Pages 3 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

In today’s rapidly evolving work landscape, the integration of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and identities is crucial for organizational success and societal progress. As businesses strive to create inclusive environments, they face multifaceted challenges in engaging and empowering their diverse workforce. From gender biases in artificial intelligence to the complexities of managing... Read more

Preface

Introduction

1. Engaging a Diverse Workforce: Role of Gamification

Manish Gupta

 

2. Engaging Contingent Workforce Through Gamification

Swati Singh, Swati Alok, Aswini Yadlapalli, and Sita Vanka

 

3. Fostering Diversity and Inclusion: Empowering LGBTQIA+ Communities and Embracing Equality

Narendra Singh Chaudhary, Kanupriya Misra Bakhru, Parul Gupta, and Naseem Abidi

 

4. Engaging Workforce at Different Career Stages in Contemporary Organizations

Sheema Tarab

 

5. Gamification: Fostering Team Building and Engagement Amidst Cultural Diversity in Organizations

Shweta Lalwani and Rupert Beinhauer

 

6. Disability and Socioeconomic Diversity

Anitha Acharya and Sudhanva Rajesh

 

7. Engaging Employees Through Gamifying Language and Linguistic Diversity: Overcoming Challenges and Promoting Inclusion at Workplaces

Mrunal Chavda, Ritu Gupta, Prathyaksh Janardan, and Naasirah Mohamed

 

8. Embracing Religious Diversity at Work: A Gamification Approach

Yusuf Hassan and Ankur Kushwaha

 

9. The Gamified Workplace: Managing the Geographically Dispersed Workforce Part I

Abhinav Chaturvedi, Kristina Risley, Sonal Singh, and Aakash Sapru

 

10. Engaging Workforce from Different Geographic Regions Using Gamification Part II

Aman Jain

 

11. EmoDiverse: Gamifying Affective Diversity for Human Flourishing

Arti Sharma

 

12. Genders, Artificial Intelligence, and Workplace: DEI in AI

Sindhu Ravindranath, Deepak Raj, and Shiv Kumar

 

13. Leveraging Marital Status Through Gamification: Enhancing Employee Behavior and Workplace Diversity

Anugamini Priya Srivastava

 

Index

Biography

Manish Gupta, PhD, MBA, is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head (undergraduate programs) at the School of Management at Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India. He has taught at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. His teaching areas include human resource analytics, human resource management, organizational behavior, and competency mapping. Apart from teaching, he also has industry experience. He is an article editor for Sage Open and an editorial team member of the Journal of Global Information Management, Cogent Business and Management, International Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, and International Journal of Cyber Behavior, and Psychology and Learning. He has been a guest editor for several journals published by Emerald, Wiley, Sage, Elsevier, etc. He received the Top Peer Reviewer 2019 Sward by Publons, USA (Web of Science) and also an AIMS International Outstanding Young Management Researcher Award in 2019. He has also won the best issue of 2018 award by the journal Advances in Developing Human Resources. His work has received media coverage in national and international magazines, newspapers, blogs, and news channels. He has research papers, textbooks, reference books, book chapters, and teaching cases to his credit. He has convened an international conference and has conducted multiple management development programs. His PhD thesis was on the area of work engagement.