Profiles of workaholism among high-tech managers

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 440-462

  Porter, Gayle ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Managers; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747468994     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610683061     Document Type: Article

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