Abstract
In an attempt to understand the reasons for employees’ personal Internet use at work, known as cyberloafing, this paper attempts a new perspective to look at the phenomenon. As the barrier between the previously separate work and home domains reduces, employees are increasingly integrating their working and private world. This phenomenon has resulted in employees using their personal time for work-related tasks through technology in the privacy of their homes and private domain. Conversely, employees could be carrying out non-work related Internet use during office hours. This paper aims to explore the possibility of non-work domain as a factor for employees to cyberloaf. This paper proposed a conceptual model based on border theory and theory of interpersonal behaviour. The resultant augmented theory offers a richer explanation of how non-work domain affects employees’ decision making process on cyberloafing.
Highlights
In a book named Work/Life Collision written by [1], the author describes about the collision between work and life with its subsequent impact to the society, families, and individuals in Australia
Combined with the rapid advancement of technology that allows communications without geographical constrains, this has greatly minimized the barrier between the traditional boundary of work and family domains
We propose 6 prepositions to extend the existing theory of Interpersonal behavior, so that future researchers can take into consideration of the impact of non-work domain on employees’ decision making process on cyberloafing
Summary
In a book named Work/Life Collision written by [1], the author describes about the collision between work and life with its subsequent impact to the society, families, and individuals in Australia. It was observed that there are drastic changes in household patterns with rising number of singlehood, single-parents households and dual-income earners households, more participation of women in labor force seeking for jobs and wealth, a redistribution of working hours and a greater emphasis on work-life-balance. These phenomena are even more conspicuous in today’s world as compared to 12 years ago, when the book was written. Combined with the rapid advancement of technology that allows communications without geographical constrains, this has greatly minimized the barrier between the traditional boundary of work and family domains These trends have driven employees to integrate their work and family domains. The resultant augmented theory provides a richer explanation of cyberloafing intention and behavior
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