It has come to our attention that a large portion of the following article, Griffiths, M. (2010), “Internet abuse and internet addiction in the workplace”. Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 22 No. 7 pp. 463–472, doi: Link to Internet abuse and internet addiction in the workplaceLink to the cited article, is taken, without full and proper attribution, from two earlier works (the 2005 reference being a reprint of the chapter published in 2004):
Griffiths, M. (2003), “Internet abuse in the workplace: issues and concerns for employers and employment counselors”, Journal of Employment Counseling, Vol. 40, pp. 87–96, Link to Internet abuse in the workplace: Issues and concerns for employers and employment counselorsLink to the cited article.
Griffiths, M. (2004). Internet abuse and addiction in the workplace: issues and concerns for employers. In Anandarajan, M. and Simmers, C.A. (Eds), Personal web usage in the workplace: A guide to effective human resources management, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, pp. 230–245.
Griffiths, M. (2005). Internet abuse and addiction in the workplace. In Khosrow-Pour M. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of information science and technology, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, pp. 1623–1626.
While the submission guidelines for Journal of Workplace Learning make it clear that articles must be original, it should, however, be emphasized that this article was published as part of the journal’s then ‘Professional Practice’ section, which had the primary purpose of translating research findings into practical guidance for managers and practitioners and therefore did not have the same originality requirements as empirical research papers. The author cooperated fully with the investigation. The journal and publisher have, however, taken the decision to alert readers to this issue as trust in the content is central to the integrity of the publication process. This decision has been informed by Link to Emerald’s publishing ethicsEmerald’s publishing ethics. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers of this article.
