Counterproductive use of technology at work: Information & communications technologies and cyberdeviancy

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-44

  Weatherbee, Terrance G ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer misuse; Counterproductive; Cyberaggression; Cyberdeviancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549094074     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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