Cyberloafing and organizational justice: The moderating role of neutralization technique

The Internet and Workplace Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 241-258

  Lim, Vivien K G ^a   Teo, Thompson S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cyberloafing; Internet misuse; Internet use; Organizational justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949160610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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