Understanding personal Web usage in organizations

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-99

  Lee, Younghwa ^a   Lee, Zoonky ^b   Kim, Yongbeom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denial of responsibility; Moral obligation; Personal Web usage; Theory of planned behavior; Unethical decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249847028     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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