Gaming for the good of developing valuable workplace skills—old stereotypes of online gaming upended by new report
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Maybe the naysayers and detractors of online gaming and its ill effects on youth need to stand down. That's according to a report in the journal Human Resource Development International from Melika Shirmohammadi, assistant professor at the UH College of Technology.
The article reports that—contrary to popular belief—massive multiplayer online gamers learn by gaming and their skills in the workplace are enriched by those seemingly endless hours previously thought of as frittering away time.
"Online gaming often gets a bad reputation, but our study reveals a different story. We found that gaming can actually help people develop valuable workplace skills," reports Shirmohammadi.
