Effects on gambling behaviour of developments in information technology: A grounded theoretical framework

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 36-48

  Parke, Adrian ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer Mediated Communication; Grounded Theory; Information Technology; Online Gambling; Online Gambling Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882335888     PISSN: 21557136     EISSN: 21557144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijcbpl.2011100103     Document Type: Article

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