Disaffection or expected outcomes: Understanding personal Internet use during work
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Disaffection or expected outcomes: Understanding personal Internet use during work
Many contemporary analyses of personal Internet use during work explain the behavior in terms of workplace disaffection. However, evidence for this interpretation is mixed. This article posits that an approach emphasizing the expected outcomes of Internet use more effectively explains the behavior. The 2 approaches are tested using survey data collected from more than 1,000 U.S.-based computer-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1083-6101,1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00425.x