How To Hire Game Devs: The Vagueness of Talent Import Practices and the Role of Gamer Identity in the Finnish Game Industry

Solip Park; Tuomas Harviainen; Annakaisa Kultima

doi:10.1145/3796707

How To Hire Game Devs: The Vagueness of Talent Import Practices and the Role of Gamer Identity in the Finnish Game Industry

Solip Park^*
, Tuomas Harviainen
, Annakaisa Kultima

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	7
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Number of pages	17
Journal	Games
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3796707
Publication status	Published - 2026
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work was supported by Aalto University School of Arts, Design, and Architecture (doctoral researcher funding, 2023-2024).

Keywords

game developers
recruitment
creative industries
game research
game industry
game development
Human resources
Industry practices
Game work migration

Publication forum classification

Publication forum level 1

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