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Volume 45 , Issue 1 (January 2002) table of contents
Internet abuse in the workplace and Game engines in scientific research

SPECIAL ISSUE: Internet abuse in the workplace table of contents

Pages: 80 - 83

Year of Publication: 2002

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Andrew Urbaczewski	Washington State University, Pullman
Leonard M. Jessup	Washington State University, Pullman

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Using a controlled setting to study the effects of monitoring.

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