The dark side of social relationships – the context of the video game industry
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DOI: 10.2478/ijme-2023-0025
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Keywords
creative industries; dark sides; interpersonal relationships; negative effects; video game developers;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- L29 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Other
- M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
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