March Madness, office gambling, and workplace productivity issues: an empirical study

Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-206

  Smith, Amber A ^a   Smith, Alan D ^a  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basketball; Customer relationship management; Employee cohesiveness; Employees behaviour; March Madness; Morale; Office gambling; Sports management; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886326968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426781111146772     Document Type: Article

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