Non-work related computing (NWRC)

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 124-128

  Bock, Gee Woo ^a   Ho, Swee Ling ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONS; LEGAL PROCEEDINGS; PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY; WORK-RELATED;

INTERNET; PERSONNEL;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 65949110358     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1498765.1498799     Document Type: Article

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