Freedom to surf: The positive effects of workplace Internet leisure browsing

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-247

  Coker, Brent L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80055122117     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2011.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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