Cyberloafing at the workplace: Gain or drain on work?

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-353

  Lim, Vivien K G ^a   Chen, Don J Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cyberloafing; gender; Internet; positive and negative emotion; work

Indexed keywords

CYBERLOAFING; GENDER; GENDER DIFFERENCES; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EMOTION; WORK; WORK PRODUCTIVITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84859802401     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290903353054     Document Type: Article

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