Personal Internet use at work: Understanding cyberslacking

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1751-1759

  Vitak, Jessica ^a   Crouse, Julia ^a   Larose, Robert ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Cyberslacking; Internet use; Non work related computing; Organizations; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; CYBERSLACKING; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; INTERNET USE; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; NON-WORK-RELATED COMPUTING; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; WORK HOURS;

RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

INTERNET;

EID: 79960286559     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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