Workaholism is still a useful construct

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORKAHOLISM;

EID: 17244368410     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350500057290     Document Type: Editorial

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