Abstract
Employees in many organizations often spend time with information and communication technologies and engage in personal business instead of spending their time fully on work-related tasks. For some, such activities constitute inefficient use of time because they prevent employees from completing the tasks that they are responsible. For some others, cyberloafing behaviors help employees to reduce their stress and increase their efficiency. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of some organizational and individual variables with cyberloafing in the context of Interpersonal Behavior Theory. This mixed research study was designed with an explanatory approach. Quantitative data was collected from 240 employees; then by considering the quantitative data, interview questions were prepared and the qualitative data collection process was completed with 20 participants. According to the results; the perceptions of employees about the penalties and benefits that may emerge in case of cyberloafing affect their attitudes towards cyberloafing positively. Positive emotions for cyberloafing and social factors have a positive effect on cyberloafing intention. Social factors have a positive relationship with roles, rules and self-concept. Habits and intention increase employees’ cyberloafing behaviors. The most frequent cyberloafing behaviors are messaging and reading news. The implications of the results are discussed.
Highlights
In the last quarter century, there have been technological changes around the world that have spurred other major changes
Considering that the participants work for six days a week, it is possible to achieve weekly cyberloafing durations multiplied by six
Employees engage in cyberloafing behavior at varying times
Summary
In the last quarter century, there have been technological changes around the world that have spurred other major changes. One of these changes, Information Technology and the Internet, has become an inevitable part of both personal and professional life. Organizations have taken action to use the potential offered by the internet to do business in nontraditional ways and to improve employee performance As access to the internet becomes widespread for employees, so does the tendency to use the internet for non-work-related
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