Problematic internet use among information technology workers in South Africa

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 785-787

  Thatcher, Andrew ^a   Wretschko, Gisela ^a   Fisher, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKER;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 57649139261     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0223     Document Type: Article

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