Internet gambling in the workplace

Abstract

Purpose

This paper seeks to overview the issues, concerns and challenges relating to gambling – and more specifically internet gambling – in the workplace.

Design/methodology/approach

Using psychological literature, this paper outlines a number of important and inter‐related areas including brief overviews of gambling and problem gambling, internet gambling, social impact of internet gambling, types of gambling in the workplace and associated issues, and the effects of gambling in the workplace.

Findings

The paper reveals that issues surrounding gambling and internet gambling in the workplace are a neglected but important area for employers and employees.

Research limitations/implications

The empirical base for the paper was based on a small number of peer‐reviewed papers.

Practical implications

Using the findings of the psychological literature, guidelines for managers on the issue of gambling and internet gambling in the workplace are presented.

Originality/value

Research on internet gambling is sparse and there is almost nothing in the literature concerning implications of internet gambling in the workplace.

Citation

Griffiths, M. (2009), "Internet gambling in the workplace", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 21 No. 8, pp. 658-670. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620910996197