An empirical evaluation of key factors contributing to internet abuse in the workplace

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-106

  Chen, Jengchung V ^a   Chen, Charlie C ^b   Yang, Hsiao Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Control; Internet; Personality; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA RECORDING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EMPIRICAL STUDY; INTERNET ADDICTIONS; PANOPTIC WORKING ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WORKPLACE SURVEILLANCE;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 38549167612     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810844106     Document Type: Article

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