Internet gambling in the workplace

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 658-670

  Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betting; Employee assistance programmes; Employee behaviour; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049090169     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620910996197     Document Type: Article

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