Do avatars dream of electronic picket lines?: The blurring of work and play in virtual environments

Information Technology and People

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-45

  Blodgett, Bridget ^a   Tapia, Andrea ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; Entertainment; Group behaviour; Strikes; Virtual work; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952296808     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593841111109404     Document Type: Article

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